Asia Regional Integration Center
Tracking Asian Integration
Trade and Investment
This second pillar of ADB’s RCI strategy aims to reduce poverty in developing member countries through the elimination of trade and investment barriers. The trade and investment strategy of ADB includes facilitation of regional trade and investment policy dialogue, capacity and institutional development on trade facilitation, research and information dissemination, and building partnerships with other institutions and stakeholders. This section includes databases on FTAs, integration indicators, and tax incentives, as well as a comparative FTA toolkit. It also collates news, opinion and editorials, and studies and research on trade and investment in the region.
Related Database
FTAs
FTA DatabaseNews
- Philippines targets over $14 million sales from Asia's biggest food and beverage (F&B) expophilstar.com26 Feb 2021
- Trade best catalyst for peace in South Asia: [Pakistan's Prime Minister] KhanDaily FT25 Feb 2021
- Japan's cabinet green-lights bill to ratify Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade dealXinhua News Agency24 Feb 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- UK begins 'pivot' to Asia, with bid to join Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) blocThe Business Times4 Feb 2021
- Prospects for an Australia-India trade dealEast Asia Forum25 Jan 2021
- [Republic of] Korea needs to join trans-Pacific partnership, draw foreign investmentThe Korea Times19 Jan 2021
Studies and Research
- International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services: Economic Impact and Policy Responses During the COVID-19 CrisisP. Barkas, D. Honeck, and E.R. ColomerWorld Trade Organization30 Sep 2020
- How WTO Members Have Used Trade Measures to Expedite Access to COVID-19 Critical Medical Goods and ServicesWorld Trade Organization SecretariatWorld Trade Organization18 Sep 2020
- Analysis of Brexit and Its Policy Lessons for Asian IntegrationD. Park, C. Castillejos-Petalcorin, and J. KimAsian Development Bank Institute1 Sep 2020
Links
more- Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade
- Asian International Economists Network
- List of Ministries of Trade or Commerce (by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, US)
- UNCTAD-Trade Analysis and Information System
- United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- World Customs Organization
- World Trade Organization
Featured Publications
Edited by: Bambang Susantono, Yasuyuki Sawada, Cyn-Young Park
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific