Asia Regional Integration Center

On May 18, 2012, a former microenterprise, founded by 5 university roommates, was listed on the stock market, accompanied by a lot of media attention

Arguably the greatest trade policy challenge facing ASEAN’s newer members — Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) — are the non-tariff barriers restricting trade

In the 17 years that the WTO has existed, only one least developed country (LDC) – Bangladesh – has ever brought a complaint before the WTO dispute settlement system

A region-wide free-trade agreement (FTA) is considered to be one way of solving the Asian “noodle bowl” syndrome, but there are various views on how to achieve it

A faster appreciation of the renminbi has often been touted as the panacea for resolving global imbalances

Due to unusually severe flooding during the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand, Toyota lost output of 150,000 vehicles and reduced output in the US, Canada, South Africa, Malaysia and other Asian countries

On May 17, the government of the Republic of Korea decided not to pursue renegotiation of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Clause (ISDS) that is included in the Republic of Korea-US Free Trade Agreement

The concept of Aid for Trade (AfT) puts together two key concepts: foreign development assistance, which targets the public sector, and trade, which is largely a private sector activity

After more than 10 years of negotiations, the parties to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) successfully reached consensus on a revised set of rules during the WTO’s eighth ministerial meeting in Geneva last December 2011