New Frontiers in Asia-Latin America Integration (Hardback)  | Released: 12 Jan 2015

Economic ties between Asia and Latin America are growing as a part of a global shift toward more South-South cooperation. Yet trade costs remain high, which may impede future interregional trade and integration. Furthermore, an emerging trans-Pacific trade architecture based on free trade agreements (FTAs) carries risks of a noodle bowl effect. This book examines new frontiers in Asia-Latin America integration through interregional comparative studies in three key areas: trade facilitation, logistics, and infrastructure; production networks, supply chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises; and FTAs. The chapters contributed by Asian, Latin American, and international experts provide new insights on regional integration, impediments, and policy issues.Table of Contents: Preface Introduction Antoni Estevadeordal, Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan WignarajaI: TRADE FACILITATION Origin and Beyond: Trade Facilitation Disaster or Trade Facilitation Opportunity? Brian Rankin Staples and Jeremy HarrisAccelerating Regional Integration: Issues at the Border Douglas H Brooks and Susan F StoneTrade Logistics and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean Pablo Guerrero, Krista Lucenti, and Sebastin GalarzaII: SUPPLY CHAINS Supply Chain Dynamics in Asia Ruth BanomyongThe Internationalization of SMEs in Regional and Global Value Chains Hank Lim and FukunariRegional Integration Behind the Border: Applying a Value Chain Approach Grant AldonasIII: ASIALAC RELATIONS PRCs Outward FDI to Latin America: Trends and Motivations Gloria O PasadillaAsiaLatin America FTAs: An Instrument for Inter-Regional Liberalization and Integration? Ganeshan Wignaraja, Dorothea Ramizo, and Luca BurmeisterProspects for Regional Cooperation Between Latin America and Caribbean and Asia Pacific: Perspectives from East Asia Erlinda M Medalla and Jenny D BalboaIndex