21. International Trade, East Asia Seminar On Economics Volume 14 Human Capital Deepening and New trade Patterns in Japan Version of November 2003 Keiko Ito, international Centre for the Study of East asian Development (ICSEAD http://www.nber.org/books/ease14/

Jump to the Navigation Bar International Trade, East Asia Seminar on Economics Volume 14 International Trade, East Asia Seminar on Economics Volume 14 Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Editors Conference held September 5-7, 2003 Forthcoming from The University of Chicago Press The following papers, preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted, will become chapters in the conference volume. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. To save papers to disk , right mouse click and "save target as...". Choose any file name, but use the extension ".pdf". You may need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print pdf files. Introduction Version of January 2004 Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo and NBER Andrew K. Rose, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Physical and Human Capital Deepening and New Trade Patterns in Japan Version of November 2003 Keiko Ito, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD) Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University and RIETI Comment: Chin Hee Hahn , Korea Development Institute Version of December 2003 Comment: Ji Chou , Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research Version of December 2003 Tight Clothing: How the MFA Affects Asian Apparel Exports Version of October 2003 Carolyn L. Evans, Federal Reserve Board

22. International Trade Law Association of Southeast asian Nations ( ASEAN) Caribbean Community Department of Commerce. international trade Administration. international trade Commission. U.S. trade Representative http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/intl/trade.html

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23. Global Trading talks asian trade Korea to Expand Free trade Talks With asian Partners GOP Wachovia to offer international trade services online Free trade Zone Nets $200m http://www.globaltrading.com/

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24. Otherlinks Asia Pacific Journal of Management. asian Case Research Journal. Australian Journal of The Federation of international trade Associations. international Air Transport Association http://www.wtamu.edu/~sanwar.bus/otherlinks.htm

25. South Asian Civil Society Network On International Trade: International Developm South asian Civil Society Network on international trade, The 1990s saw a number of changes in the international trading system. http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-4573-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

var static_ko="4573"; var static_section="201"; var static_langue="en"; IDRC.CA Research Activities Socioeconomic Equity Trade ... 1. Asia Topic Explorer Trade 1. TEC Team 2. Current Projects 1. Asia ... 6. Events Participate Editors Gerett Rusnak Marurizio Iellina Khaled Fourati Andrés Rius ... Saroja Kuruganty ID: Added: 2002-06-26 8:39 (Ottawa) Modified: 2003-06-23 13:18 (Ottawa) South Asian Civil Society Network on International Trade The 1990s saw a number of changes in the international trading system. The decade witnessed an unprecedented lowering of tariffs and a large increase in foreign investment flows. This has stimulated growth but unevenly, both within and across nations. The second aspect of this change is the alternating nature of alliances between countries. Rather than country-to-country specific, alliances are woven around issues. Today, the meaning and string of the term "south-south cooperation" has less significance than it had before. The possibility for a country getting into an alliance is no longer determined in a strict manner, as in the form of developed versus developing countries. On the other hand, there has been a significant trend towards region-specific alliances, with an increase in the number and extent of regional trade arrangements. Thirdly, at the national level, countries have made attempts at economic reforms (through structural adjustment and macro economic stabilisation programmes), which are interwoven with reforms in trade policies for implementation of the Uruguay Round accords of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

26. Asian Environment Outlook 2001 - ADB.org As global and regional trade liberalization move forward be held accountable by international consumers and asian and Pacific companies partnering with foreign http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/AEO/2001/aeo4070.asp

Home What's New Site Map Index ... Help Resources Asia Recovery Information Center ADB Institute Search Home Publications Catalog Online Publications Document Table of Contents p. 42 of 57 BACK NEXT I. The Changing Environment II. Driving Forces of Change ... IV. Toward Policy Integration International Trade and Investment In much of the Asia and Pacific region, economic growth has occurred in parallel with increasing economic integration into the global economy through foreign trade and international investment. In East Asia, export-led industrialization was the leading edge of the region's development strategy, and this is now the development model of most DMCs. Private investment sourced internationally is the dominant basis of capital for such development. International initiatives on trade and investment within the context of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO focus on further liberalization of trade and investment regimes. A parallel set of initiatives for trade liberalization is also slowly taking root under the auspices of ASEAN and other regional organizations. In this context of economic globalization, policy integration for trade and investment implies an open trade and investment regime, not necessarily an unregulated regime (see Box 4-5). Policies that encourage open trade and investment do not contradict policies that require all investors (foreign and domestic) to meet national environmental performance standards. Typically, this will involve developing in accordance with a “master” plan supported by EIA of all new investments. An approach of combining national environmental performance standards with support of open trade and investment will (in most cases) provide the best route to securing improvements in economic and environmental performance.

27. The Johns Hopkins University School Of Advanced International Studies, Bologna C in applied international trade theory, with a focus on commercial policy and the evolution of trade institutions. Plummer back to top. asian Economic http://www.jhubc.it/academicprograms/courses.cfm?Courseid=EC

28. South Asian Civil Society Network On International Trade Issues (SACSNITI) South asian Civil Society Network on international trade Issues (SACSNITI). CUTS CITEE SACSNITI Research Report Negotiating the http://cuts-international.org/sacsnit-researchreport1-ipr.htm

South Asian Civil Society Network on International Trade Issues (SACSNITI) CUTS CITEE SACSNITI Negotiating the TRIPs Agreement: India’s experience and some domestic policy issues Home About CUTS CITEE CART ... SACSNITI Periodicals Newsletters E-Newsletters SACSNITI The Project Research Agenda 2001-02 Research Agenda-Groups Project Advisory Committee ... Negotiating the TRIPs Agreement: India’s experience and some domestic policy issues Negotiating the TRIPs Agreement: India’s experience and some domestic policy issues One of the most contentious issues discussed in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was that on intellectual property rights (IPRs), which resulted in the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights. There were several reasons and among them the fundamental one was that a binding international agreement on trade-related IPRs creates monopoly power in the hands of a few and goes against the main goal of the multilateral trading system, i.e. trade liberalisation. It is this issue, which has found many economists condemning the inclusion of TRIPs under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which has been best expressed by the noted trade analyst, Professor Jagdish Bhagwati: “We are now using the GATT for the collection of royalty payments, which is not a mutual-gain transaction. In so doing, we have abandoned or diluted a very attractive philosophical basis for organising the GATT – the idea that trade is mutually beneficial to all contracting parties and that therefore all parties should liberalise.”

29. South Asian Civil Society Network On International Trade Issues (SACSNITI) This section is under revision*. South asian Civil Society Network on international trade Issues (SACSNITI). http://cuts-international.org/Sacsniti.htm

This section is under revision* South Asian Civil Society Network on International Trade Issues (SACSNITI) CUTS CITEE SACSNITI Project Home About CUTS CITEE CART ... Contact CUTS Annual Conference of South Asian Civil Society Network on International Trade Issues (SACSNITI), 24-25 July 2003, kathmandu new Agenda of the Conference List of Participants Kathmandu Declaration of South Asian Civil Society on the Cancun Ministerial For more: www.sawtee.org 7-Up Project CAMPAIGN ON LINKAGES SACSNITI Periodicals Newsletters E-Newsletters SACSNITI The Project Research Agenda 2001-02 Research Agenda-Groups Project Advisory Committee ... Conference WTO and South Asia: Lessons and Strategies 9-10 March 2002, New Delhi, India THE PROJECT Overview Problem and Justification General Objectives Project Objectives ... Project Advisory Committee Overview 1990s saw a number of changes in the international trading system. The decade witnessed an unprecedented lowering of tariffs and phenomenal increase in foreign investment flows. This has stimulated growth but unevenly, both within and across nations. In both developed and developing countries there is an increasing gap between the rich and the poor in the same society.

30. Defra, UK - Animal Health And Welfare - International Trade - CIN - API 04/14 international trade Customer information note API/AI 04/14. To Interested Parties. 29 January 2004. AVIAN INFLUENZA IN asian COUNTRIES. Purpose. http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/misc/cins/2004/0414.htm

Skip navigation Animal health and welfare Home Contact Defra About Defra News ... Customer information note index API/AI 04/14 International trade: Customer information note - API/AI 04/14 To: Interested Parties 29 January 2004 AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ASIAN COUNTRIES Purpose 1. To advise of the latest situation in Asia with respect to outbreaks of avian influenza. Latest position 2. Customer Information Note 2004/09 and 2004/10 advised of the situation in Thailand with respect to avian influenza. 4. This Proposal has been implemented in England by a Declaration Thailand 5. This Declaration revokes and replaces the one issued in respect of Thailand on 23 January in accordance with Commission Decision 2004/84/EC. As far as meat, meat products and eggs for human consumption from Thailand are concerned, the revised Declaration does not change the restrictions. Imports of live birds are now included within the terms of the prohibition. 6. In addition the European Commission has clarified a point in relation the importation of raw material for petfood. The prohibition includes raw material for petfood derived from any avian species.

31. JP Catalogue - Comparison Of Asian International Arbitration Rules United Nations Commission on international trade ( UNCITRAL ) were set of ad hoc international arbitration rules as well as by asian arbitration organizations http://www.jurispub.com/arbitrationlaw/books.asp?id=203

32. Impact Of International Trade With Asian Newly Industrialized Countries On Wages Impact of international trade with asian Newly Industrialized Countries on Wages in the European Union. Ludo Cuyvers Michel Dumont Glenn Rayp. http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/WoPEc/data/Articles/blaasiaecv:17:y:2003:i:4:p:361-382.ht

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33. Victoria University - Bachelor Of Arts(Asian Studies) Bachelor Of Business (Inte Bachelor of Arts(asian Studies)/Bachelor of Business (international trade). Course Code. ABBF. Course Objectives. The aims of the course http://www.vu.edu.au/Faculties/Arts/Undergraduate_Courses/Bachelor_of_ArtsAsian_

You are here: VU - Internet Faculties Arts Undergraduate Courses 4:59:29 PM (AEDT) Overview Arts Welcome to Arts Undergraduate Courses ... Human Development For more information, please contact the Faculty of Arts on (03) 9688 4992. Bachelor of Arts(Asian Studies)/Bachelor of Business (International Trade) Course Code ABBF Course Objectives The aims of the course are to provide graduates with: a comprehensive overview of the theories, principles and practice of international trade and the relevant techniques and research skills; a strong understanding of the history, economic development, cultural traditions, political systems and social traditions in a number of countries in the Asian region; a solid grasp of an Asian language; and a broad education not normally associated with a single undergraduate degree. Course Duration Four years full-time or part-time equivalent. Campus Footscray Park Course Description This combined degree program, which is managed by the Department of Asian and International Studies in the Faculty of Arts, derives from the recognition that Australia is strategically located in the Asian region and our economic future is to a large extent dependent on how well we utilise the trade opportunities which exist. The importance of trade to Australia's economic future and the need to improve our level of Asian consciousness is reflected in this multi disciplinary study of the history, development, political systems and cultural context of the countries of the south east Asian region with an opportunity to study one of four Asian languages; Mandarin (Chinese), Japanese or Vietnamese.

34. Victoria University - Bachelor Of Arts In Asian Studies Bachelor Of Business In Bachelor of Arts in asian Studies/Bachelor of Business in international trade. (Combined Degree). Course Objectives. The course combines http://www.vu.edu.au/Faculties/Business_and_Law/Undergraduate_Courses/Bachelor_o

You are here: VU - Internet Faculties Undergraduate Courses 4:59:29 PM (AEDT) Overview Arts Welcome Undergraduate Courses ... Human Development For more information, please contact the Faculty of Business and Law on (03) 9688 4471. Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies/Bachelor of Business in International Trade (Combined Degree) Course Objectives The course combines the key components of the constituent undergraduate degree courses to provide students with a sound education in the principles and practice of international trade set in the context of a good understanding of the economics, social, cultural and political context of the Asian region. The course aims to provide graduates with: a comprehensive overview of the theories, principles and practice of international trade and the relevant techniques and research skills; a strong understanding of the history, economic development, cultural traditions, political systems and social traditions in a number of countries in the Asian region; a solid grasp of an Asian language; and a broad education not normally associated with a single undergraduate degree. Course Duration The course is offered on a full-time basis over four years or part-time equivalent.

35. International Trade Strategies Cooperation (APEC) is a natural vehicle to reflect and support asian Pacific dynamism international trade Strategies has the knowledge and experience to assist http://www.tradestrategies.com.au/pages/asia_pacific.html

Some documents referred to on this page are in .pdf format. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view / print these files. Strengthening the economic relationship with Japan Australia and Japan have a long and strong economic relationship, but it is losing momentum and is not the broad economic relationship it should be in a globalized economy. Perceptions on both sides need to be altered to broaden the relationship. An institutional commitment such as a free trade agreement is required to secure this change. Agreement to put interests in common ahead of differences is necessary to proceed. Australia and Japan have strong common interests in global and regional economic affairs. A revitalized bilateral economic relationship is necessary if Australia and Japan are to collaborate to advance common global and regional interests. Click here to find about more about modernising the economic relationship with Japan Is Asia recovering? Asian economies are resuming growth, stock markets are rebounding and currencies are regaining value after the disastrous crashes following the Asian currency crises. It is a time of new business opportunity, but prudence is warranted.

36. Asian Labour News: Asia: International Trade Unions Target Asian Call Centres January 19, 2004. Asia international trade unions target asian call centres. This story is about India, which I don t cover on this http://www.asianlabour.org/archives/000608.html

Asian Labour News An online database of news about workers in Southeast Asia and China and the issues that affect them Main January 19, 2004 Asia: International trade unions target Asian call centres This story is about India, which I don't cover on this site, but I think the issue raised is an important and relevant one. Last week (11 January), the Hindu , a major Indian newspaper, published a story about a plan by Europe's largest specialist finance sector trade union ( UNIFI ) to "offer representation to more than 50,000 employees in [Indian] call centres and data-processing operations." A British trade union with 158,000 members across 400 employers, UNIFI is a member of Union Network International ( UNI ). After failing to stop the exodus of call centre jobs to India, UNIFI hopes to work with UNI to attract members on the subcontinent and thus assist in improving terms and conditions. The interesting points here are whether UNI and UNIFI will be successful (in attracting members and improving wages and workplace conditions), and whether the strategy will be taken up by other trade unions (notably US-based unions) in this and related IT sectors. One important factor in this strategy relates to cost. Companies have moved call centre functions to India for three main reasons: wages, IT infrastructure, and the English-language ability of a relatively large proportion of the population. Mounting wage costs could hasten the move to other locations (the Philippines or even China as it starts to come online with a larger English-language speaking population). Another important factor is that a very small percentage of India’s workforce outside of the formal sector (in India this means the public sector) is unionised. It remains to be seen if the initial positive response to UNI’s overtures will translate into membership numbers.

37. International Trade Daily Article (2), September 16th 2003 international trade Daily Tuesday, September 16, 2003 ISSN 15331350 News WTO Southeast asian Reactions Are Mixed To trade Talks Collapse; Future Uncertain http://www.investmentwatch.org/articles/itd16sep2.html

Southeast Asian Reactions Are Mixed To Trade Talks Collapse; Future Uncertain

38. USITC: TRADE RESOURCES-- Regional And Country Information asian asian Metaresources register Australian National University, Canberra for understanding and ordering UN Market Briefs international trade Centre UNCTAD http://www.usitc.gov/tr/region3.htm

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39. International Trade Forum - The Quarterly Magazine Of The International Trade Ce , 2/2000. , 1/2000. 1999 -, 4/1999. -, 3/1999. -, 2/1999. -, 1/1999. RSS, asian Automotive SMEs Meet in Singapore international trade Forum - Issue 2/2003 Page 37 http://www.tradeforum.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/540/Asian_Automotive_SMEs_Meet_

Current Issue (1/04) Home Editorial ITC's 40th Anniversary ... Back Issues Asian Automotive SMEs Meet in Singapore International Trade Forum - Issue 2/2003 Page 37 ITC organized a pan-Asian buyers-sellers meeting for the automotive components sector (Singapore, December 2002), to promote trade linkages between firms from 12 Asian countries. Over 60 companies from South and South-east Asia, ranging from large diversified groups to entrepreneur-driven small businesses, participated in the meeting. Mr. Bilahari Kausikan, Permanent Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony. Mr. Kausikan stated that the buyers-sellers meeting was timely and provided SMEs with an ideal opportunity to network, develop effective marketing channels and thereby break into regional markets. One-to-one meetings facilitate deals Over two days, 105 representatives from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam took part in 374 one-to-one meetings lasting half an hour each. By close of business, participants reported deals amounting to approximately US$ 2.2 million in total. The deals they negotiated included straightforward buying and selling, as well as representation, agency and joint venture agreements.

40. International Trade Forum - The Quarterly Magazine Of The International Trade Ce 2002), to promote trade linkages between firms from 12 asian countries. Global Policy Forum collection of articles on international trade and development. http://www.tradeforum.org/news/categoryfront.php/id/476/2_2003.html

Current Issue (1/04) Home Editorial ITC's 40th Anniversary ... Back Issues Trade Development: Involving the Business Community Market access and a rule-based world trading system are prerequisites for trade growth. But alone, they generate no trade at all — traders do. Let’s help the private sector to become the active trade development player it ought to be. (Page 6 : 1541 words) Read more . . . Invest in Business Advocacy for WTO Negotiations In more than half the world, business interests are not sufficiently integrated into national trade negotiating positions. This can lead to governments agreeing to trade rules under which, afterwards, their firms may not be able to do business. Instead, informed, timely and targeted business advocacy can help countries conclude beneficial agreements. (Page 8 : 1773 words) Read more . . . The Doha Development Agenda: What’s at Stake for Business in the Developing World? by Supachai Panitchpakdi, WTO Director-General The world’s economy needs a significant boost to push it back onto a stronger growth path. A more open trading system can be a powerful stimulus in reviving the world’s economy and in helping poorer countries grow their way out of poverty. Cancún is not just about meeting targets and completing an agenda, it is about creating conditions for advancement in all countries. By working closely with government, businesses in developing countries can help ensure that the goals of the Doha Development Agenda are met. (Page 4 : 1162 words) Read more . . .

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