An ASEAN-EU FTA, Regional Production Sharing, and Regional Cohesion. Focus On Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
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Author Chen, Lurong
Cuyvers, Ludo
De Lombaerde, Philippe
Mukti, WahyuTitle An ASEAN-EU FTA, Regional Production Sharing, and Regional Cohesion. Focus On Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar Appearing in South African Journal of Economics Volume 79 Issue No. 4 Publication Date 2011 Place of Publication Hoboken Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Start page 411 End page 427 Language EN Abstract This article focuses on the potential effects of an Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (CLM), the least developed economies of ASEAN. The authors explore how the particular structure of the ASEAN production sharing network might shed light on the transmission of effects. Gravity models for intraregional trade are estimated for that purpose. Whereas the existing computable general equilibrium (CGE) analyses consider CLM as one rest category, a countrylevel analysis for the CLM countries is presented. It is shown that it is not straightforward that CLM would win from an ASEANEU FTA. At best, marginal absolute positive effects might be expected for the CLM economies. In relative terms, an FTA is not likely to contribute to more economic (and political?) cohesion in the region. It is therefore argued that it makes sense to (re) connect CLM to the negotiation process.
Copyright Holder The Authors, Journal compilation, Economic Society of South Africa Copyright Year 2011 Copyright type All Rights Reserved DOI 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2011.01312.x -
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