Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow

The establishment of ACFTA is believed to be able to foster closer trade relationship among ASEAN member states and China. However, the spike of exports by China to the world after its accession into WTO in 2001 has caused fears across the world. Although ACFTA facilitates trade access into China’s...

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spelling my-mmu-ep.69222017-10-30T10:19:49Z Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow 2017-02 Liow, Song Ching HF1701-2701 Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism The establishment of ACFTA is believed to be able to foster closer trade relationship among ASEAN member states and China. However, the spike of exports by China to the world after its accession into WTO in 2001 has caused fears across the world. Although ACFTA facilitates trade access into China’s huge market for ASEAN member states, the great line up of Chinese manufacturers do not only make this access challenging, the existing trade activities among ASEAN member states might also be affected by the Chinese competitors. This study examines the trade flow of parts and components and final goods from Malaysia to other ASEAN member states after the implementation of ACFTA. The workhorse of studying bilateral trade flow, gravity model, is employed. Two separate models are specified with different sets of determinants to study about the trade flow of parts and components and final goods. 2017-02 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/6922/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Graduate School of Management
institution Multimedia University
collection MMU Institutional Repository
topic HF1701-2701 Tariff
Free trade
Protectionism
spellingShingle HF1701-2701 Tariff
Free trade
Protectionism
Liow, Song Ching
Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
description The establishment of ACFTA is believed to be able to foster closer trade relationship among ASEAN member states and China. However, the spike of exports by China to the world after its accession into WTO in 2001 has caused fears across the world. Although ACFTA facilitates trade access into China’s huge market for ASEAN member states, the great line up of Chinese manufacturers do not only make this access challenging, the existing trade activities among ASEAN member states might also be affected by the Chinese competitors. This study examines the trade flow of parts and components and final goods from Malaysia to other ASEAN member states after the implementation of ACFTA. The workhorse of studying bilateral trade flow, gravity model, is employed. Two separate models are specified with different sets of determinants to study about the trade flow of parts and components and final goods.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Liow, Song Ching
author_facet Liow, Song Ching
author_sort Liow, Song Ching
title Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
title_short Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
title_full Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
title_fullStr Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
title_full_unstemmed Impact of ASEAN- China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on China-Malaysia Trade Flow
title_sort impact of asean- china free trade area (acfta) on china-malaysia trade flow
granting_institution Multimedia University
granting_department Graduate School of Management
publishDate 2017
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