Böcker av Sanchita Basu Das

Asia has witnessed a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium. Each of them aims to achieve greater trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and more harmonized trade and investment rules. This book examines these regional agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards.

Expectations of tangible benefits under an ASEAN Economic Community have attracted much attention though many of the initiatives will be realized post-2015. To aid in understanding the beginnings, development, and potential of these grand plans, this collection of 22 essays offers a rich analysis of ASEAN's own economic integration and other related initiatives.

The ten Southeast Asian economies reached a milestone when they announced the formation of an ASEAN Community. The economic pillar of this community has generated immense debate, due to its expected quantifiable benefits to member countries. This book focuses on the ASEAN Economic Community and explains the need for building domestic consensus within the member countries.

The First ASEAN Reader was published in 1992 just as the Cold War ended, while The Second ASEAN Reader came in 2003 in the wake of the 1997 Asian crisis and the September 11 attacks in 2001. The articles in The Third ASEAN Reader study the trends and events of recent years, and discuss the immediate future of Southeast Asia.