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International trade has been an important vehicle for promoting economic development and economic integration. International division of labour and exchange of goods and services stimulate manufacturing and service activities among countries involving trade. The expansion of transactions beyond national borders requires the removal of cross-boundary barriers, and accordingly trade is a major area where regional integration takes place as Bela Balassa’s five-stage economic integration model indicates.
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Yoshimatsu, H. (2014). Promoting Trade Liberalisation through Free Trade Agreements. In: Comparing Institution-Building in East Asia. Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370556_3
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