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
- Sri Lanka seeks to narrow trade gap with India: Trade MinisterNews Wire Today7 Oct 2025
- Sri Lanka would like to see more [India] investments in future: [Sri Lanka Trade Minister] Wasantha Samarasinghenewindianexpress.com6 Oct 2025
- Indonesia to ink tariff agreement with US this monthAsia News Network6 Oct 2025
Opinions and Editorials
- ‘Treat us like we treat you’ – [US President] Trump’s latest sectoral tariffs are a warning Southeast Asia must heedChannel News Asia3 Oct 2025
- India-[European Free Trade Association] trade boost: a new era of economic partnershipDevdiscourse1 Oct 2025
- What [US President] Trump gets right about [the People's Republic of] ChinaChannel News Asia28 May 2025
Studies and Research
- ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and SustainabilityAsian Development BankAsian Development Bank1 Mar 2023
- Trade Interdependencies in COVID-19-Related Essential Medical Goods: Role of Trade Facilitation and Cooperation for the Asian EconomiesS. Basu-Das and R. SenAsian Development Bank1 Jun 2022
- International Trade Resilience and the COVID-19 pandemicC. Mena, A. Karatzas, and C. HansenScienceDirect1 Jan 2022
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)
- RTA Exchange
- 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