by Ram Upendra Das (RIS, India), Piyadasa Edirisuriya (Monash University, Australia), & Anoop Swarup (United Nations)

Given the recent emergence of China and India as economic powers, trade and economic engagement within the Asia Pacific region has become a significant area of interest to many policy-makers, academics and the general public. As international trade has been increasing among the countries in the region, many have decided to explore possibilities to introduce free trade through negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) due to its many advantages. This book comprehensively covers the existing economic cooperation arrangements in the region as well as those that are at various stages of study and negotiations.

• Regional Economic Agreements of India: Status, Potential and Some Experience
• The Economics of Regional Integration and Analytical Insights from Negotiations
• Empirical Estimation of Economic and Welfare Gains
• Policy Implementation Issues in RTAs
• Issues for Further Negotiations