Subregional trading arrangements among APEC economies: managing diversity in the Asia Pacific

dc.contributor.authorElek, Andrewen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-03-24en_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T09:00:37Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:42:49Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T09:00:37Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:42:49Z
dc.date.created2000en_US
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.description.abstractSince 1999, there has been a sharp rise of interest in new subregional trading arrangements (SRTAs) involving APEC economies. Many, if not most, of the emerging new economic partnerships are expected to be based on a preferential free trade area (FTA). These arrangements are likely to divert attention from the wider objectives of the APEC process and its commitment to open regionalism, and strain its cohesion. It cannot be taken for granted that the liberalisation agreed within subregional FTAs will be smoothly extended to others. As well as liberalising border barriers to trade and investment, new SRTAs are expected to deal with the many other significant impediments to international commerce. Even with the best of intentions, it will not be easy to address these relatively new issues without creating new discrimination and diversion of economic activity. If these relatively new issues are addressed in association with a preferential FTA, these arrangements could be discriminatory by default. The practical challenge is to avoid preferential treatment from becoming either entrenched or permanent. This paper sets out a range of policy issues that will be created by any proliferation of SRTAs, especially if they are constructed around FTAs. To manage these issues, it is essential that future SRTAs meet standards that are substantially higher, and less ambiguous, than minimum WTO requirements. A set of guiding principles, which build on already-agreed APEC principles, are presented for consideration, with emphasis on transparency, avoiding new obstacles to trade or investment and creating objective, nondiscriminatory opportunities for accession.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/40450en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/40450
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.subjectsubregional trading arrangementsen_US
dc.subjectAPECen_US
dc.subjectAsia Pacific Economic Cooperationen_US
dc.subjecttrade liberalisationen_US
dc.subjectborder barriersen_US
dc.subjectregionalismen_US
dc.subjectBogoren_US
dc.titleSubregional trading arrangements among APEC economies: managing diversity in the Asia Pacificen_US
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paperen_US
local.citationPacific Economic Papers No.309en_US
local.contributor.affiliationAPSEGen_US
local.contributor.affiliationANUen_US
local.description.refereednoen_US
local.identifier.citationmonthnoven_US
local.identifier.citationyear2000en_US
local.identifier.eprintid2441en_US
local.rights.ispublishednoen_US

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