
Trade Agreements In Asia Pacific: Bigger, Deeper, Digital & Sustainable
The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the largest contributor to the worldwide build-up of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), accounting for about half of PTAs worldwide. PTAs have become bigger, deeper, more digital and increasingly supportive of sustainable development, with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) exemplifying these trends. The noodle-bowl of Asia-Pacific trade agreements now comprises 333 PTAs with at least on