Author: Satoshi Inomata, IDE-JETRO According to traditional trade theory, the direction and magnitude of product flows are principally determined by the comparative advantages of trading countries....
Authors: Peter A Petri, Brandeis University and Michael G Plummer, Johns Hopkins University In late June 2020, 15 East Asian countries — representing nearly 30 per...
Author: Ashley Vines, University of Melbourne Indonesia is Australia’s oldest trading partner, with Aboriginal people from northern Australia having traded goods and produce with Makassan people...
Author: Christian Bachheimer, Singapore Countries across the world are already attempting to decouple global value chains (GVCs) in preparation for the post-COVID-19 future. This is both...
Author: Razeen Sally, NUS The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating changes underway since the global financial crisis (GFC) in 2008. It is ushering in a new era...
Author: Stacey Nicole M Bellido, Philippine Foreign Service Institute The Philippines is at a critical juncture in its economic relations with the European Union over free...
Author: Shiro Armstrong, ANU The health and economic crises from the coronavirus are unlike anything the world has experienced since the Great Depression and Second World...
Authors: Arianto Patunru and Krisna Gupta, ANU By 16 June 2020, Indonesia had recorded 39,294 cases of COVID-19, second only to Singapore in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The lockdowns that started in China’s Hubei province on 23 January were a major disruption to the international supply of manufactured goods....