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The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic distance, but also by disparit..

With less than two years after its ratification, many of the economic gains expected under JPEPA have yet to be realized. But while critics may be qui..

Amidst the rising trend in free trade agreements (FTAs) and growing international production sharing, rules of origin (ROO) has been beset with diffic..

This paper develops a modality of liberalization for APEC, based on a sectoral level, as an alternative to the politically sensitive Free Trade Area o..

The formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) has been set in motion worldwide and its conclusion does not appear imminent in the near future. In the ..

Rules of origin (ROO) set the criteria in determining the nationality of a product and where a product was made. The importance of ROO has increased i..

Striking a balance between trade facilitation and preventing trade deflection is the single most difficult challenge with regard to the issue of rules..

With globalization and advances in information and communication technology (ICT) leading to growing international production sharing, amidst the incr..

This paper examines the economy-wide impacts of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) on the Philippine economy. In particular, it uses an app..

In moving toward the East Asian vision of a community, a rational, enabling regime of rules of origin (ROOs) that would encourage deeper economic inte..

Free trade agreements (FTAs) are seen to boost a nation's competitiveness in the global trade arena. Asia, albeit a "late bloomer" in initiating FTAs ..

APEC’s vision of integrating the APEC has remained, for the most part, intangible. Cultural differences, socioeconomic disparity, and lack o..

Why the need to ratify the JPEPA? Based on the numerous studies carried out under the PIDS JPEPA Research Project, JPEPA will be advantageous to the c..

This paper aims to provide some information on the implications for the Philippine agriculture sector of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. In part..

In a democratic country, economic policies succeed or fail depending on the political support they receive. Open trade policies that were initiated an..