Monday, August 29, 2011

An APEC Trade Agenda ? The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific



The proposal for an Asia-Pacific-wide free trade agreement is one of the oldest ideas for promoting mutually beneficial regional cooperation dating back to the mid-1960s. In more recent times, the idea has found new support for two main reasons : as a plan B to the stumbling Doha Development Agenda ( DDA ) round of WTO negotiations, and as a solution to noodle bowl of bilateral agreement in the region.

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