2016 Publications
BASC Staff Articles
Mega-FTAs and the Trade-Security Nexus: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Asia Pacific Issues, 2016
The rise of a multiplicity of diverse bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) has led countries to pursue mega-FTAs to manage the growing complexity of global trade arrangements.
Introduction: The Rise of Mega-FTAs in the Asia-Pacific
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Asian Survey, 2016
This special issue focuses on the rise of mega-FTAs—which involve efforts to liberalize trade across geographical regions with a multiplicity of countries—in the Asia-Pacific.
The Liberal Trading Order Under Assault: A US Perspective
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Global Asia, 2016
Given the hotly contested US presidential election and the surprising victory of Donald Trump, it is easy to lose sight of the broader challenges to the US-promoted post-Second World War economic order.
The Politics of TTIP: Negotiating Behind the Border Barriers
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Simon Evenett|
Focus on Foreign Trade, 2016
While much of the economic gains from concluding TTIP are thought to come from regulatory convergence, serious dif culties have arisen in advancing negotiations in a number of salient regulatory matters.
Trade at Risk: Challenges to East Asia’s Export-Oriented Model
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Min Gyo Koo|
Global Asia, 2016
One word more than any other captures the key to East Asia’s ‘economic miracle’ spanning the decades after the Second World War — trade.
Designing Trade Institutions for Asia
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Min Gyo Koo|
Cornell University Press, 2016
Drawing on the project framework, the first section begins by specifying, then supplementing, the institutional dimensions on which key institutions that influence Asian trade can be analyzed.