TY - BOOK AU - Ooi,Guat Tin AU - Tin,Ooi Guat TI - The ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements (PTA): An Analysis of Potential Effects of Intra-ASEAN Trade SN - 9789971902254 PY - 1981///] CY - Singapore : PB - ISEAS Publishing, KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; 1: INTRODUCfiON --; II: POLICIES TOWARDS TRADE UBERAUZATION --; III: THE ASEAN PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS (PTA) --; IV: EVALUATION OF THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL TRADE CREATION EFFECI'S OF A 20% ACROSS-THE-BOARD TARIFF REDUCTION --; V: AN ILLUSTRATIVE STUDY OF DATA OF MAXIMUM POTENTIAL TRADE DIVERSION EFFECTS --; VI: CONCLUSIONS --; APPENDIX --; REFERENCES; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This paper attempts to evaluate whether the PTA scheme has been successful in liberalizing intra-ASEAN trade through the new tariff reductions. More specfically, it stimulates the maximum potential trade creation effects within ASEAN of the 20% across-the-board tariff reduction on all items with import value of less than US$50,000 each in 1978 trade statstics. In addition, the implications of the latest proposal by the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) to consider raising the cut-off ceiling to US$500,000 are also analysed UR - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814377539 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814377539 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789814377539/original ER -