Trade Facilitation Provision in Regional Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific

Peng Bin
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Peng Bin: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

No 108, Working Paper Series from United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Abstract: This paper provides a short overview on the trade facilitation provisions in the RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region with a view to identifying the characteristics of trade facilitation provisions in existing RTAs and finding out good practices in this area. With the evolution of the definition of trade facilitation, a broader range of trade facilitation provisions are integrated into RTAs, which cover nine major areas. 1. Customs procedures and cooperation; 2. technical regulations, standards and SPS measures; 3. NTB especially administrative fees and charges; 4. transparency of laws, regulations and administrative rulings; 5. use of information and communication technology and E-Commerce; 6. mobility of business people; 7. freedom of transit; 8. facilitation in transport and logistics; 9. facilitation in payment and trade finance. The data about RTAs mainly come from the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database (APTIAD).

Keywords: trade facilitation; RTAs; NTB; SPS measures; customs procedures and cooperation; technical regulations; standards; transport and logistics; trade finance; e-commerce; transparency. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2008-05
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