Until the beginning of this century, the GATT/WTO system worked. Economic research provided a compelling explanation. It showed that if governments maximize the well-being of their own countries broadly...
East Asia and the Pacific, seen in the context of the world economy, stands out as a paragon of development. Despite the recent ravages of the pandemic and the persistent tensions of geopolitics, the region...
Recent U.S.-China tensions have raised the specter of technological decoupling. This paper examines the impact of U.S. export restrictions and technology licensing on Chinese firms’ innovation. It finds...
Macroeconomic, financial, and policy-related uncertainty have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic globally and in individual developing economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Uncertainty...
This paper explores the effects of industrial policy on trade, focusing on the role of preferential trade agreements. The analysis uses data for the period 2012–2022 on detailed product-level bilateral...
Pertumbuhan di sebagian besar negara di kawasan Asia Timur dan Pasifik (EAP) rebound pada paruh pertama tahun 2022, tetapi Tiongkok kehilangan momentum. Di sebagian besar wilayah, permintaan domestik bangkit...
Tăng trưởng ở hầu hết các quốc gia trong khu vực Đông Á và Thái Bình Dương (EAP) đã phục hồi trong nửa đầu năm 2022, nhưng Trung Quốc đã mất đà (Hình O1A; bảng O1). Ở phần lớn khu vực, nhu cầu nội địa...