East Asia
EAST ASIA: Production networks boost connectivity
Extensive regional production networks in East Asia have deepened intra-regional trade and...
East AsiaEAST ASIA: Study will look at 16-country FTA proposal
Ministers at the East Asia Summit (EAS) agreed today to study a proposed free trade agreement...
East AsiaUS/EAST ASIA: Missile defence plans face challenges
The heightened threat from North Korea has encouraged the United States and Japan to accelerate...
East AsiaEAST ASIA: Can the region survive a US slowdown?
The outward orientation of East Asia's economic development appears to have locked the region...
East AsiaINTERNATIONAL: East Asia needs financial system reform
A continuing over-reliance upon inadequately functioning banking sectors, together with...
East AsiaEAST ASIA/US: Rice wants UN sanctions to bite
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today called for the swift implementation of UN sanctions...
East AsiaINTERNATIONAL: FDI shows important globalisation trend
The UN yesterday released its 2006 World Investment Report. The global economy is changing in...
InternationalASIA: ADB raises growth forecasts, but sees slowdown
Developing Asia and the Pacific will grow by 7.7% this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
