East Asian Integration

The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a better integration in East Asia. This book provides profound analyses on rules of origins, non-tariff measures, restrictiveness in services and investment, and gives insight into how East Asian countries should shape its trade, investment and industrial policies.

1. Introduction (Lili Yan Ing, Martin Richardson and Shujiro Urata) 2. Trends of FTAs in East Asia from the 1990s to the 2010s: Defensive and Competitive Regionalism (Shujiro Urata) 3. Economic Effects of East Asian Integration on ASEAN (Ken Itakura) 4. The Evolving Structure of ASEAN-China Trade (Zhihong Yu) 5. The Impacts of ASEAN FTAs on Trade in Goods (Misa Okabe) 6. The Use of FTAS: The Thai Experience (Archanun Kohpaiboon and Juthathip Jongwanich) 7. How Restrictive are ASEAN's Rules of Origin? (Olivier Cadot and Lili Yan Ing) 8. Non-tariff Measures and Harmonisation: Issues from the RCEP (Olivier Cadot and Lili Yan Ing) 9. The Impacts of Services Trade Restrictiveness on the Productivity of Manufacturing Sectors in East Aisa (Cosimo Beverelli, Matteo Fiorini and Bernard Hoekman) 10. An International Investment Agreement for East Asia: Issues, Recent Developments and Refinements (Junianto James Losari)