Intraregional Trade in Emerging Asia

April 1, 2004

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Harm Zebregs. Intraregional Trade in Emerging Asia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 21, 2024

Disclaimer: This Policy Dicussion Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The share of emerging Asia in world trade has increased sharply over the past 25 years. A large part of this increase is the result of booming intraregional trade. This paper investigates the key factors behind the rapid increase in intraregional trade among economies in emerging Asia and its implications for the dependency of economies in the region on the business cycles in the EU, Japan, and the United States. The rise in intraregional trade is largely driven by rapidly growing intra-industry trade, which is a reflection of greater vertical specialization and the dispersion of production processes across borders. This has led to a sharp rise in trade in intermediate goods among economies in emerging Asia, but the EU, Japan, and the United States remain the main export markets for final goods.

Subject: Business cycles, Comparative advantage, Economic growth, Export performance, Exports, International trade, Trade policy

Keywords: Asia, Asia and Pacific, Asia's export, Business cycles, China, Comparative advantage, East Asia, Economic Integration, Economy, Emerging Asia, Export, Export performance, Export promotion policy, Export share, Exports, Growth strategy, Industry trade, PDP, Trade, Trade performance, Trade policy

Publication Details

Pages:

24
Volume:

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Series:

Policy Discussion Paper No. 2004/001
Stock No:

PPIEA0012004
ISBN:

9781451975062
ISSN:

1564-5193

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