September 11, 2023
This issue analyzes China’s and ASEAN’s trade performance to assess (1) if their respective contributions have materially changed; and (2) China’s changing comparative advantage across sectors and how the rest of the region may be adjusting to benefit from it.
January 11, 2023
Hong Kong’s role in connecting mainland China with the rest of the world has evolved over time. The city has expanded from a key entrepot for trade and investment in the 1990s to becoming an important hub for financial intermediation and mainland capital account opening, earning it the title of super-connector.
October 10, 2022
Disruptions to the global flow of goods during the pandemic are dissipating.
July 25, 2022
Sea ports, which account for around 80 percent of international traded goods, have been a major choke point of global supply chains since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 28, 2022
In an interview with CGTN Dialogue’s Xu Qinduo, AMRO Chief Economist, Dr. Hoe Ee Khor talks about ASEAN+3 Economic Outlook, RCEP, global supply chains and the impact of the war in Ukraine in the region.
July 2, 2021
The robust recovery in merchandise exports from the ASEAN+3 economies has been a bright spot during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is masking continuing disruptions to global trade.
June 23, 2021
When China began plugging into global production networks and cross-border trade more intensely in the early 2000s, few might have foreseen it becoming one of the most important hubs for many high-tech global value chains (GVCs) by the late 2010s.
June 18, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a sharp increase in the world demand for rubber gloves, notably medical gloves but also non-medical ones.
June 16, 2021
Vietnam’s exports have grown exponentially over the past two decades.
April 23, 2021
The pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of global value chains (GVCs) as lockdowns disrupted supply lines across economies. However, the ASEAN+3 region remains a prime location for GVC investment post-pandemic.
