Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Paul J. Thomassin "Economic and Environmental Impact of Free Trade in East and South East Asia"
Springer | English | 2010-01-01 | ISBN: 9048135060 | 209 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB




In recent years, the East and South East Asian region has witnessed arapid expansion of regional economic cooperation through bilateral andplurilateral free trade agreements. The current book attempts tocomprehensively analyze the economic and environmental impacts ofregional economic integration in East and South East Asia to the year2020. This region has some of the fastest growing economies of theworld. A global economic model was used to undertake the analysis. Arare feature of the book is the detailed environmental implications ofthe Regional Trade Agreements focusing on air, water, and wastepollution. Economic integration among the East and South East Asianregion has been an important agenda item for the academic and policycommunities in recent years.

The study provides insight into pursuing a concrete multilateral tradeliberalization policy (combining ASEAN and other countries in EastAsia) and throws more light on the on-going trade and environmentdebate. This book will be a good addition to the field of trade and theenvironment. The academic community – primarily researchers and policymakers, and world bodies, such as the WTO, ADB and the World Bank, willbenefit from the book.