East Asian integration : goods, services and investment / edited by Lili Yan Ing, Martin Richardson and Shujiro Urata.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction -- 2 Trends of FTAs in East Asia from the 1990s to the 2010s: defensive and competitive regionalism -- 3 Economic effects of East Asian integration on Southeast Asia -- 4 The evolving structure of Southeast Asia-China trade -- 5 The impacts of ASEAN FTAs on trade in goods -- 6 The use of FTAs: the Thai experience -- 7 How restrictive are ASEAN’s Rules of Origin? -- 8 Non-tariff measures and harmonisation: issues for East Asian Integration -- 9 The impacts of services trade restrictiveness on the productivity of manufacturing sectors in East Asia -- 10 An international investment agreement for East Asia: issues, recent developments and refinements

The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a better integration in East Asia. How should East Asia manage its openness? This book provides profound analyses on rules of origins, non-tariff measures, restrictiveness in services and investment. It gives insight into how East Asian countries should shape its trade, investment and industrial policies. This book helps to answer what kind of a better integration it should be, and how East Asia can realise it.