East Asian Economic Review
- 제17권4호
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- Pages.385-415
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- 2013
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- 2508-1640(pISSN)
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- 2508-1667(eISSN)
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Assessing Liberalization and Deep Integration in FTAs: A Study of Asia-Latin American FTAs
- Wignaraja, Ganeshan (Asian Development Bank Institute) ;
- Ramizo, Dorothea (Asian Development Bank) ;
- Burmeister, Luca (Asian Development Bank)
- 투고 : 2013.11.27
- 심사 : 2013.12.26
- 발행 : 2013.12.31
초록
Inter-regional free trade agreements (FTAs) - notably between Asia and Latin America - are growing in numbers and complexity. There is an absence of an agreed methodology for empirical assessments on the content of FTAs and little research. This paper proposes a framework to assess liberalization in FTAs in goods and services and new trade policy issues relating to regulatory barriers. Next, it applies this framework to studying the 22 Asia-Latin America FTAs in existence. The findings suggest that Asia-Latin American FTAs have laid the foundations for inter-regional integration by liberalizing the trade in goods and services and reducing some regulatory barriers. Deepening FTAs and adopting structural reforms will enhance Asia-Latin American integration in the future.
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