Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? : Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries /

Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some light on this question. The results show that membership in the Asian RTAs con...

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Egile nagusia: Tumbarello, Patrizia
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/053
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF
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