Evolving trade policy architecture and FTAs in Asia

Masahiro Kawai () and Ganeshan Wignaraja

Chapter 7 in New Global Economic Architecture, 2014, pp 148-171 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 exposed flaws and shortcomings in the global economic architecture, and has sparked an international debate about possible remedies for them. The postwar global architecture was essentially guided by the major developed economies, and was centered around the IMF, the GATT – the predecessor of the WTO – and the World Bank. Today, however, the balance of economic and financial power is shifting toward the emerging economies, especially those in Asia, and both global governance and economic policy thinking are beginning to reflect this shift. This book addresses the important question of how a regional architecture, particularly one in Asia, can induce a supply of regional public goods that can complement and strengthen the global public goods supplied through the global architecture. These public goods include institutions to help maintain financial stability, support more open trading regimes and promote sustainable economic development.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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