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
- Viet Nam, Thai PMs to work together to overcome pandemic challengesViet Nam News13 May 2021
- Australia signs deal for 25 million [US'] Moderna COVID-19 doses through next yearChannel News Asia13 May 2021
- Wave of US franchises could arrive [in Cambodia] in 2022: ConsultantKhmer Times12 May 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- Foreign partners help to lay foundations for Viet Nam's riseVietNamNet Bridge2 May 2021
- Managing digital trade in AsiaEast Asia Forum20 Apr 2021
- Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership (RCEP) unlikely to benefit developing members in short termBusiness Recorder15 Feb 2021
Studies and Research
- What Leads to Intra-Industry Trade between Sri Lanka and South Asia?T. Saparamadu and V. WeerasingheSocial Science Research Network5 Apr 2021
- Containing Chinese State-Owned Enterprises? The Role of Deep Trade AgreementsK. Lefebvre, N. Rocha, and M. RutaWorld Bank1 Apr 2021
- Machine Learning in International Trade Research : Evaluating the Impact of Trade AgreementsH. Breinlich et al.World Bank1 Apr 2021
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