Fighting Irrelevance: The Role of Regional Trade Agreements in International Production Networks in Asia

Edited by Mia Mikic () and Mochamad Pasha ()

in STUDIES IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT from United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Abstract: This publication brings together the main research outputs delivered under a common theme "Regional trade agreements and international production networks" of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) research programme, Phase II (2008-2010). The study was divided into three parts. The introduction to part I presents the research questions that were explored in the study and describes the structure of the book. Chaper 2 summarizes the literature on determinants for existence and evolution of global value chains and international production networks, the impact of changes in trade policy and, more specifically, regional trade liberalization. Chapter 3 provides a synthesis of the findings under each of the sectoral case studies in selected Asian countries: (a) the automobile industry in China, India and Indonesia; (b) the computer hard drive sector in Thailand; and (c) the textile and clothing sector in Bangladesh. Part II contains the sectoral papers (chapters 4 to 8). Part III focuses on identifying some recommendations to policymakers on how to approach trade liberalizatiion under regional trade agreements in order to benefit existing production networks and promote the development of new ones.

Keywords: trade liberalization; international production network; regional trade agreements; value chain; Asia; automotive; hard disk drive; textile and clothing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9789211206203
Note: A study by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT)
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 3-4

Mia Mikic and Mochamad Pasha

Ch 2 International production networks and trade liberalization: A literature review , pp 5-38

Dionisius Narjoko

Ch 3 Linkages between regional trade agreements and international production networks: Evidence from five case studies in Asia , pp 39-73

Mochamad Pasha

Ch 4 Trade liberalization and international production networks: The automotive industry in China , pp 77-99

Bala Ramasamy

Ch 5 Trade liberalization and international production networks: Experience of the Indian automotive sector , pp 100-130

Biswajit Nag

Ch 6 Trade liberalization and international production networks: Indonesia's automotive industry , pp 131-152

Mochamad Pasha and Ira Setiati

Ch 7 Trade policy and international production networks: A company-level case study of the Thai hard disk drive industry , pp 153-177

Archanun Kohpaiboon

Ch 8 Development of the value chain in the textile and clothing sector of Bangladesh: Is there a role for regional trade agreements? , pp 178-211

Khondaker Moazzem and Tariqur Rahman

Ch 9 Making regional trade agreements more relevant to the development of international production networks , pp 215-223

Mochamad Pasha

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