Regional integration includes a multitude of steps that increase the competitiveness ... Even people who start their lives far from dense economic activity can benefit from the growing concentration ...
Antras, Pol, and C. Fritz Foley. "Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies." In Costs and Benefits of Regional Economic Integration in Asia, edited by Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha ...
Regional integration allows countries to: Improve market efficiency; Share the costs of public goods or large infrastructure projects; Decide policy cooperatively and have an anchor to reform; Have a ...
Three years on, the Regional Comprehensive Economic ... the agreement has demonstrated the benefits of free trade and economic integration. Its ability to bring together diverse economies, from ...
the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The U.S. withdrawal in January 2017 shook the Asia-Pacific region, prompting governments and stakeholders across the region to question why the ...