Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/126744 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2008-19
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
With globalization and advances in information and communication technology (ICT) leading to growing international production sharing, amidst the increasing trend in preferential trading arrangements (PTAs), rules of origin (ROO) has been beset with difficult recurring issues. First and foremost is the cost of ROO administration. Second, ROO as part of PTAs could generate new barriers to trade, thus taking with one hand what the other hand has given. In turn, this gives rise to another key concern: its potential use as a protectionist tool. To achieve the East Asian vision of a community, any RTA it would endeavor to establish should set a rational, enabling regime of ROO that would facilitate even as it attempts to prevent trade deflection, with enough safeguards for inclusive development both within and across countries in the region. There is a consensus that the movement should be toward more simple and unrestrictive ROO.
Subjects: 
rules of origin
regional trade agreement
preferential trading arrangements (PTAs)
East Asia
free trade agreements (FTAs)
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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