Summary of the General Discussion on “Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism”

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June 01 2017 Summary of the General Discussion on “Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism” Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2017 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2017) 16 (2): 27. https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00514 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Summary of the General Discussion on “Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism”. Asian Economic Papers 2017; 16 (2): 27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00514 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Deunden Nikomborirak commented that the study should take more explicit account of the impact of various free trade agreements that ASEAN has and the barriers that hinder trade expansion, such as the restrictive effects of the rules of origin in the ASEAN–Korea trade agreement. She also called attention to the weaknesses of the trade data used in the paper, and noted that intra-ASEAN trade is much underestimated: For example, there is a great deal of unrecorded cross-border informal trade between countries, referring to a recent Thailand Development Research Institute paper that has documented large-scale informal trade between Laos and Thailand. Shigeyuki Abe emphasised the need to consider the role and nature of trade related to production networks and FDI, referring to the information available in Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry papers based on firm-level survey data. It is important to take into account how local procurement and local sales... You do not currently have access to this content.