Asia: Regionalisation and the seafood sector
Examines the role of WTO and regional trade agreements in Asia and their importance for the seafood sector, in cooperation with NORUT/ Tromsø, the University of Stavanger, EFF (Norwegian Seafood Council) and FHL (Norwegian Seafood Federation).Participants Meenakshi Rajeev
The project is cross-disciplinary and the full title is ”International trade regulating organisation and South-East Asian regionalisation of trade agreements. Implications for the Norwegian Seafood industry. The cases of Vietnam, China and India.” It is a joint project between Norut/ Tromsø, the University of Stavanger and NUPI. It is a user-related project where EFF (the Norwegian Seafood Council) and FHL (Norwegian Seafood Federation) also participate. The overall project manager is Frank Asche, University of Stavanger, but the project is coordinated from Norut/Tromsø which also carries out the largest share of the research activity. NUPI will have an advisory role in the project; contribute to developing the project’s cooperation activities in China and India, and carry out studies of market dynamics based on micro-data for Norwegian exports.
Funding
Research Council of Norway (the AREAL programme), the Norwegian Seafood Export council (EFF)
Publications
- Chen Taifeng (2009). Regional Trade Agreements vs. Multilateral Trading System: A Study of Chinese Interests and Policy Options. NUPI Working Paper: 762. 46 pages. The paper examines China's policies with respect to regional trade agreements (RTAs), and the relationship between RTAs and the multilateral trading system.
- Melchior, Arne
(2010). Globalisation and the provinces of China: the role of domestic versus international trade integration,
Journal of Chinese Economics and Business Studies, vol. 8, no. 3
.Routledge.p. 227-252.Regional disparities are particularly high in some larger emerging economies, such as Russia and China, and inter-provincial inequality in China has increased rapidly after 1990. In the literature, a statistical link between globalisation and increased regional disparities in China has been established, but not the precise mechanisms and causal relationships. In this paper, we therefore simulate a world trade model with 166 countries and regions in order to shed light on these mechanisms and the future development of regional disparities in China. [url] - Rajeev, Meenakshi (2008). Fisheries Trade in India: Understanding Potentials and Barriers. NUPI Working Paper: 741. 49 pages. This paper examines production, trade and policies related to the seafood sector in India.