Other trade issues
As leading experts on regional trade issues, we also produce numerous other content exploring a wide array of issues on trade policy developments such as the implications of supply chain shifts, geopolitical risks and World Trade Organization-level negotiations on Asia-Pacific’s evolving trade environment. We provide expert analysis, practical advice, and customized support to different stakeholders on how to effectively respond to these developments and capture trade opportunities along the way.
Check out some of our insights on pressing trade issues in the region below. Please also visit our Talking Trade Blog for shorter expert commentaries on different trade developments affecting the Asia-Pacific. Reach out to us today on how we can support your trade needs.
Global value chains and supply chains
Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience in the Asia Pacific: Taiwan’s Perspective, 2021.
Policy Brief 20-02: US-China Decoupling: The Risks and Opportunities for Asia, October 2020.
How an FTA Like TPP Can Transform A Value Chain: The Ketchup Example, June 2016.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Impact on Supply Chains.
Other PUBLICATIONS
Testimony and Annex of Dr. Deborah Elms, Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre before Panel III: Regional Economic and Trade Engagement at the Hearing on "Challenging China’s Trade Practices: Promoting Interests of U.S. Workers, Farmers, Producers, and Innovators", United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. April 2022
Submission of Comments on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). ATC letter in response to request for public comments on IPEF by the United States Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. April 2022
“Singapore Case Study,” Deborah Elms, Sebastian Cortes-Sanchez, and Jia Hui Tee, COVID-19 and the Future of Doing Business in Asia: Towards a Better Normal for SMEs and Workers, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS), 2021
Supporting Post-COVID 19 Economic Recovery, Taiwan’s Perspective. May 2021.
"Prospective for a Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement," Deborah Elms and Barath Harithas, in Southeast Asia in an Evolving Global Landscape: Prospects for an Integrated Region and Implications for Canada, UBC, October 2017
"Trump's Trade Policy: Discerning Between Reality and Rhetoric," Deborah Elms and Bhargav Sriganesh, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 12.2, September 2017
'Instead, The Fire Happened': Brexit's Impact on UK and International Trade', by Jack Coleman. ISEAS Seminar, Singapore, August 16 2016
The TPP as a Pathway to Asian Integration, 2014 Korea Dialogue on Strengthening North Pacific Cooperation, East-West Center, Hawaii, July 25, 2014
Asia-Pacific Megaregional Free Trade Agreements: Fostering Global Supply Chains? by Deborah Elms. 2014. Paper Presented at the 2014 APEC Workshop on Advancing REI in the GVC Era Taipei, September 29, 2014.
Governing trade: regional leadership in the Asia Pacific, by Deborah Elms. 2014. In the book Handbook of the International Political Economy of Trade, by David Deese (Editor).
TPP: ¿qué tiene de siglo XXI? by Deborah Elms. 2014. In Puentes, Volume 15, Number 6: Acuerdos megarregionales: gigantes en la cancha. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. English version available here.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Looking Ahead to Next Steps, by Deborah Elms. 2014. In the book New Directions in Asia-Pacific Economic Integration, by Ambassador Tang Guoqiang and Peter A. Petri (Editors).
After Bali: What Happens Next with Asian Trade Facilitation? by Deborah Elms. 2014.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations: Some Outstanding Issues for the Final Stretch, by Deborah Elms. 2013.
Agriculture and the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, by Deborah Elms. 2013.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Challenges of Unraveling the Noodle Bowl, by Deborah Elms. 2013.
Global Value Chains in a Changing World, by Deborah Elms (Editor) & Patrick Low (Editor). 2013.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, by C. L. Lim (Author), Deborah Elms (Editor), Patrick Low (Editor). 2012.