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100			_aAustria, Myrna S.
245			_aLooking beyond AFTA: _bprospects and challenges for inter-regional trade /
300			_ap.143
490			_aVol. 28 No. 2 Second Sem 2001
520			_aThe world trading environment has witnessed the proliferation of regional trading arrangements during the last decade. This development was accompanied by the perceived threat that this may bring to the rules-based multilateral trading system. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), for its part, has not only reaffirmed its commitment to move forward beyond the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and toward a higher level of economic integration, but is also looking at enhanced interaction and closer linkages with other regional groupings. This paper examines the prospects and challenges for expanding AFTA for inter-regional trade by first identifying the elements and principles that should govern such an expansion for it to contribute toward global liberalization. Areas for inter-regional linkages are also identified, highlighting the issues and conflicts that may arise considering the differing objectives and scope that AFTA has with the other trade blocs with which it may want to develop an inter-regional linkage. Some probable arrangements for linking/expanding AFTA with other groupings or non-ASEAN countries are then explored, particularly those involving the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relation (CER), the East Asian countries and the Andean Community.
650			_aEast Asian Economic Group (EAEG)
650			_aTrade reforms
650			_aAndean Community
650			_aASEAN
650			_aASEAN Plus Three
650			_aAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
650			_aAustralia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relation (AFTA-CER)
650			_aLiberalization
650			_aNorth American Free Trade Area (NAFTA)
650			_aTemporary Exclusion List (TEL)
650			_aTrade in services
650			_aTrade liberalization
650			_aTrade policies
650			_aTrade sector
700			_aAvila, John Lawrence V.
773			_w0115-9143 _tPhilippine Journal of Development
856			_uhttp://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/pidspjd01-2intertrade.pdf
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