NCCR - Expansion of Trade and FDI in Emerging Asia: Strategic and Policy challenges

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This book focuses on the theme of the Annual Conference of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Trade Regulation, which took place at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok in January 2008. The theme of the conference was the 'Expansion of FDI in Asia'. [More information here]

Capital throughout the world has become increasingly mobile in recent decades and international trade has been exploding.Until the mid-1980s, the role of developing Asian economies as sources of investment was negligible. A regional pattern of FDI flows has emerged, with investors’ attention shifting away from traditionally important locations in developed countries in favour of emerging markets, especially Asia and South-eastern Europe. As emerging countries, particularly in Asia, remove restrictions and implement policies to attract foreign direct investment inflows, there is a need to identify new challenges in terms of business strategies and regulatory policies.

This book explore the recent developments in FDI flows and their impacts in developing Asia, and the importance of the policy context in which those flows occur. It is important to address three levels of analysis: the role of MNEs (in particular in India and China), the domestic and regional frameworks and finally the impacts at the global level or, in other words, on the multilateral regulation of FDI.

All contributions to this book (with one exception) are based on the papers and keynote addresses presented during the conference. The multidisciplinary approach provides an opportunity to explore the trends of recent FDI in Asia and their effects on multilateral regulation of FDI.

The book comprises three parts to investigate the current scenario in Asia. The first part addresses the internationalization strategy of emerging Asian firms with examples from China and India. The second part relates to the national and regional initiatives affecting trade and investment in Asia. The third part focuses on the Asian interest in multilateral rules on trade and investment. It raises the question of a potential new paradigm. Although the book contains considerable technical expertise, it is at the same time written for accessibility to a wide readership.

# ISBN: 978-0-415-49084-9
# Binding: Hardback
# Published by: Routledge
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