Fighting Irrelevance: The Role of Regional Trade Agreements
in International Production Networks in Asia
(ST/ESCAP/2597)



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Preface
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
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PART I. REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS:
CONCEPTS AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS

Introduction

International production networks and trade liberalization:
A literature review

Dionisius A. Narjoko

Linkages between regional trade agreements and international
production networks: Evidence from five case studies in Asia

Mochamad Pasha

PART II. CASE STUDIES

Trade liberalization and international production networks:
The automotive industry in China

Bala Ramasamy

Trade liberalization and international production networks:
Experience of the Indian automotive sector

Biswajit Nag

Trade liberalization and international production networks:
Indonesia’s automotive industry

Mochamad Pasha and Ira Setiati

Trade policy and international production networks: A company-level
case study of the Thai hard disk drive industry

Archanun Kohpaiboon

Development of the value chain in the textile and clothing sector of
Bangladesh: Is there a role for regional trade agreements?

Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Md Tariqur Rahman

PART III. THE WAY FORWARD

Making regional trade agreements more relevant to the development
of international production networks

Mochamad Pasha

ANNEXES

Interview Questions
Product Codes

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Last updated: 1 August 2011