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    Financial and Monetary Cooperation in ASEAN

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2003
    One result of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis was greater awareness of the need for closer financial and monetary cooperation. This paper makes an inventory of the institutional developments in this area in East Asia, with emphasis on Southeast Asia. The major issues that must resolve include:
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    Does the Philippines need a trade representative office?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    Like other Asian countries, the Philippines is involved in bilateral and regional trade negotiations because WTO trade talks have gone in to a crawl. The Philippines is part of the ASEAN FTA (AFTA) and APEC; it signed on the Early Harvest Program for the China-ASEAN FTA; and it has concluded bilateral negotiations with Japan, the results of which are now under review.
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    Economic integration and regional cooperation in East Asia: a pragmatic view

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    Intraregional trade and investment among the ASEAN+3 countries—and the entire East Asia—has been progressing at a robust pace over the past 25 years. The process of economic integration could be aptly described as “regionalization” or market-driven integration.
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    East Asian cooperation: the ASEAN View

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    From its modest beginning of providing a regional framework in which disputes could be dealt with peacefully and without resort to force, ASEAN continues to evolve into a major influence for greater regional cohesion not only for Southeast Asia but also for the entire East.
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    A cmparative study of the Bilateral FTA arrangements:

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    This study is a comparative analysis of recently concluded bilateral free trade or closer economic partnership agreements including the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement ( JSEPA), the New Zealand-Singapore Closer Economic Partnership ( NZSCEP), the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement ( USSFTA), the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement ( SAFTA), and the Korea-Chile Free
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    Trade and investment in a globalized setting: the Philippine experience in Muslim areas

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    The study on Muslim traders in the Philippines was done to determine the profile of the Muslim trade enterprises and the effect of globalization on the Muslim traders as perceived by them. The design of the study was a qualitative-descriptive type of research with a sample of 150 respondents obtained through purposive sampling.
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    Industrial-innovative development plan of Kazakhstan

    Korea Development Institute, 2010
    In May 2009, President Myung-bak Lee of the Republic of Korea met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan during an official visit to Kazakhstan, and both vowed to strengthen the economic cooperation between the two countries.
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    The Politico-Strategic dimension of the US proposal for a Free Trade Agreement with the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    This research paper examines the politico-strategic motivations of the Bush Administration’s effort to foster Free Trade Agreements to a number of countries, including the Philippines. It argues that FTAs are being used by the U.S. as means of advancing the trade interest of American business, as well as ensuring its leadership in the global political economy.
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    Intellectual property rights: talking points for RP-US FTA negotiations

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    This paper discusses certain issues and questions on adequacy of intellectual property laws, enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights and improved market access for persons and entities relying on intellectual property rights, in the light of the proposed negotiations for an RP (Philippines) - US Free Trade Agreement.
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    Emerging issues in promoting competition policy in the APEC and ASEAN countries

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Trade reforms are accompanied by the creation of competitive market and industry structures. Hence, along with the creation of bilateral partnerships and regional trading arrangements, the policy focus in these countries has shifted towards the promotion and enhancement of competition and level the playing field through the promotion of competition law and competition policy.

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