Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies

The performance of the East Asian transition economies in export and income growth has been strikingly better than that of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The East Asian economies have achieved remarkably high growth rates...

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Main Author: Martin, Will
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GDP
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/891731/trade-policy-reform-east-asian-transition-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19717
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topic AGREEMENT ON TRADE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURE
ANTIDUMPING
APPAREL
AUTONOMY
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFF RATE
AVERAGE TARIFF RATES
AVERAGE TARIFFS
BENCHMARK
BILATERAL TRADE
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAUSE FOR CONCERN
CENTRAL PLANNING
CHANGES IN TRADE
CLOSED ECONOMY
COAL
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMERS
CURRENCY
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS DUTIES
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLOITATION
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORT PRODUCTION
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FINAL GOODS
FIXED PRICES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
FREE TRADE ZONES
GDP
GRAIN TRADE
GROUPS OF COMMODITIES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPORT PLANNING
IMPORT QUOTAS
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT SIDE
IMPORT SUBSTITUTION
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT POLICIES
LABOR STANDARDS
LAND USE
LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
MARKET PRICES
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MONOPOLIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONTARIFF BARRIER
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
OIL
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN TRADE
OPEN TRADE REGIME
OPENNESS
PLANNED ECONOMY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
QUOTAS
RATES OF PROTECTION
REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETURN ON CAPITAL
REVENUE RAISING
STATIC BENEFITS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF EQUIVALENTS
TARIFF LINES
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF RATE
TARIFF RATES
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TARIFF REFORM
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERS
TIMBER
TOTAL COSTS
TRADE
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE MONOPOLY
TRADE PARTNERS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
TRADE POLICY REFORM
TRADE POLICY REFORMS
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE REGIME
TRADE REGIMES
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
UNILATERAL ACTION
VALUE ADDED
WELFARE GAINS
WORLD MARKET
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD PRICES
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
spellingShingle AGREEMENT ON TRADE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURE
ANTIDUMPING
APPAREL
AUTONOMY
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFF RATE
AVERAGE TARIFF RATES
AVERAGE TARIFFS
BENCHMARK
BILATERAL TRADE
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAUSE FOR CONCERN
CENTRAL PLANNING
CHANGES IN TRADE
CLOSED ECONOMY
COAL
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMERS
CURRENCY
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS DUTIES
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLOITATION
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORT PRODUCTION
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FINAL GOODS
FIXED PRICES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
FREE TRADE ZONES
GDP
GRAIN TRADE
GROUPS OF COMMODITIES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPORT PLANNING
IMPORT QUOTAS
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT SIDE
IMPORT SUBSTITUTION
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT POLICIES
LABOR STANDARDS
LAND USE
LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
MARKET PRICES
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MONOPOLIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONTARIFF BARRIER
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
OIL
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN TRADE
OPEN TRADE REGIME
OPENNESS
PLANNED ECONOMY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
QUOTAS
RATES OF PROTECTION
REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETURN ON CAPITAL
REVENUE RAISING
STATIC BENEFITS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF EQUIVALENTS
TARIFF LINES
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF RATE
TARIFF RATES
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TARIFF REFORM
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERS
TIMBER
TOTAL COSTS
TRADE
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE MONOPOLY
TRADE PARTNERS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
TRADE POLICY REFORM
TRADE POLICY REFORMS
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE REGIME
TRADE REGIMES
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
UNILATERAL ACTION
VALUE ADDED
WELFARE GAINS
WORLD MARKET
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD PRICES
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
Martin, Will
Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2535
description The performance of the East Asian transition economies in export and income growth has been strikingly better than that of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The East Asian economies have achieved remarkably high growth rates in outputs and exports without the often large declines in output and exports observed in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. East Asian reformers have successfully made many of the parallel changes needed in both domestic and trade policies to secure export and income growth. (It makes no sense, for example, to introduce the trade policy instruments of a market economy when the domestic economy is still based on central planning.) But there has been no single magic formula for their success. The author discusses what each of the economies (Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Vietnam) has done. China experienced an extended transition process; the transition ws much shorter in other East Asian transition economies--especially Cambodia. Several of the East Asian transition economies used accession to a regional arrangement as part of their reform strategy. China focused mainly on unilateral reforms and, more recently, reforms associated with its accession to the World Trade Organization. Most have made extensive use of policies to attract foreign investment and to mitigate the burden of protection on manufacturing exporters. Most of the remaining trade policy problems, although difficult, appear to be problems more of development than of transition.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Martin, Will
author_facet Martin, Will
author_sort Martin, Will
title Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
title_short Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
title_full Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
title_fullStr Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
title_full_unstemmed Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies
title_sort trade policy reform in the east asian transition economies
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/891731/trade-policy-reform-east-asian-transition-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19717
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spelling okr-10986-197172021-04-23T14:03:44Z Trade Policy Reform in the East Asian Transition Economies Martin, Will AGREEMENT ON TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING APPAREL AUTONOMY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF RATE AVERAGE TARIFF RATES AVERAGE TARIFFS BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKET CAUSE FOR CONCERN CENTRAL PLANNING CHANGES IN TRADE CLOSED ECONOMY COAL COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS DUTIES DECENTRALIZATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INFORMATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PRODUCTION EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINAL GOODS FIXED PRICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONES GDP GRAIN TRADE GROUPS OF COMMODITIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES IMPORT PLANNING IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORT SIDE IMPORT SUBSTITUTION IMPORT TARIFF IMPORTS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT POLICIES LABOR STANDARDS LAND USE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL CURRENCY MARKET PRICES MERCHANDISE TRADE MONOPOLIES NATURAL RESOURCES NONTARIFF BARRIER NONTARIFF BARRIERS OIL OPEN ECONOMY OPEN TRADE OPEN TRADE REGIME OPENNESS PLANNED ECONOMY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS QUOTAS RATES OF PROTECTION REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN ON CAPITAL REVENUE RAISING STATIC BENEFITS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF EQUIVALENTS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REFORM TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERS TIMBER TOTAL COSTS TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MONOPOLY TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS TRADE POLICY REFORM TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TRADE REGIMES TRADING PARTNERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT UNDERLYING PROBLEM UNILATERAL ACTION VALUE ADDED WELFARE GAINS WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WORLD TRADING SYSTEM The performance of the East Asian transition economies in export and income growth has been strikingly better than that of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The East Asian economies have achieved remarkably high growth rates in outputs and exports without the often large declines in output and exports observed in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. East Asian reformers have successfully made many of the parallel changes needed in both domestic and trade policies to secure export and income growth. (It makes no sense, for example, to introduce the trade policy instruments of a market economy when the domestic economy is still based on central planning.) But there has been no single magic formula for their success. The author discusses what each of the economies (Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Vietnam) has done. China experienced an extended transition process; the transition ws much shorter in other East Asian transition economies--especially Cambodia. Several of the East Asian transition economies used accession to a regional arrangement as part of their reform strategy. China focused mainly on unilateral reforms and, more recently, reforms associated with its accession to the World Trade Organization. Most have made extensive use of policies to attract foreign investment and to mitigate the burden of protection on manufacturing exporters. Most of the remaining trade policy problems, although difficult, appear to be problems more of development than of transition. 2014-08-26T20:11:04Z 2014-08-26T20:11:04Z 2001-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/891731/trade-policy-reform-east-asian-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19717 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2535 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific