PATTERNS OF EAST ASIAN TRADE AND INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE IN MANUFACTURES

S. Mansoob Murshed

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2001, vol. 6, issue 1, 99-123

Abstract: This article examines trade patterns for seven East Asian economies: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and Hong Kong, with partners in other Asian countries and the West. East Asia as a dynamically growing region has gained manufacturing competitiveness as it converges towards income levels in the West. The article focuses mainly, but not exclusively, on intra-industrytrade (IIT). Measures of IIT provide clues as to the nature of trade-induced adjustments on the economy. East Asian economies do appear to have gained in manufacturing competitiveness, a trend which is not just confined to unskilled labourintensive goods.

Date: 2001
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