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Trade Facilitation Provision in Regional Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific

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  • Peng Bin

    (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP))

Abstract

This paper provides a short overview on the trade facilitation provisions in the RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region with a view to identifying the characteristics of trade facilitation provisions in existing RTAs and finding out good practices in this area. With the evolution of the definition of trade facilitation, a broader range of trade facilitation provisions are integrated into RTAs, which cover nine major areas. 1. Customs procedures and cooperation; 2. technical regulations, standards and SPS measures; 3. NTB especially administrative fees and charges; 4. transparency of laws, regulations and administrative rulings; 5. use of information and communication technology and E-Commerce; 6. mobility of business people; 7. freedom of transit; 8. facilitation in transport and logistics; 9. facilitation in payment and trade finance. The data about RTAs mainly come from the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database (APTIAD).

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  • Peng Bin, 2008. "Trade Facilitation Provision in Regional Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific," Working Paper Series 108, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:wpaper:swp108
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    Cited by:

    1. Marn-Heong Wong & Marie Isabelle Pellan, 2012. "Trade Facilitation: The Way Forward for ASEAN and Its FTA Partners," Working Papers PB-2012-04, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    2. Thomas Orliac, 2012. "The economics of trade facilitation [L'économie de la facilitation des échanges]," SciencePo Working papers Main tel-03681980, HAL.

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