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Online workshop on Pandemic Policy and Economic Growth: Capacity Building for Officials
19 August 2020
Jakarta, 19 August 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held two days of online workshops, on 13-14 August, on ‘Pandemic, Trade, and Economic Cooperation’, for around …

Pandemic (COVID 19) Policy, Trade and Economic Cooperation
12 August 2020
Vientiane, 11 and 12 August 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held an online workshop on ‘Pandemic (COVID 19) Policy, Trade and Economic Cooperation’ for around …

Canada Encourages ASEAN Countries to Contribute to WTO Reform
06 March 2020
Jakarta, 6 March 2020: In response to the challenges faced by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Canada has encouraged ASEAN member countries to get involved …
ERIA Lead Advisor Discusses Indonesia Trade Policy with Surabaya Students
03 March 2020
Surabaya, 3 March 2020: Dr Lili Yan Ing, ERIA’s Lead Advisor for Southeast Asia, attended two discussions with hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from …

ERIA Takes Part in High-Level Symposium on Intra-ASEAN Trade and Investment
10 January 2020
Hanoi, 10 January 2020: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) participated in the High-level Symposium on Intra-ASEAN Trade and Investment: Enhancing …

Study Finds Many Potential Benefits from Cambodia and Eurasian Economic Union FTA
04 December 2019
Phnom Penh, 4 Dec 2019: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Ministry of Commerce of the Royal Government of …

CSIS and ERIA Hold a Roundtable Discussion on Trade, RCEP, and Innovation
18 November 2019
Washington, 18 November 2019: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Southeast Asia Program in Washington, D.C. recently hosted a second roundtable discussion with …

ERIA CBP Holds Workshop on E-commerce in Naypyitaw
15 July 2019
Nay Pyi Taw, 11-12 July 2019: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme facilitated a workshop in Nay Pyi Taw on 'E-commerce for Trade Negotiators', co-hosted with …

MITI Appoints ERIA Policy Fellow to New Trade and Industry Advisory Council
27 June 2019
Kuala Lumpur, 27 June 2019: The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) appointed ERIA Policy Fellow to its new Trade and Industry …

Macroeconomic Policies and Development Challenges Lead Discussion at Asia Regional Roundtable
19 June 2019
Jakarta, 18-19 June 2019: Distinguished policy makers, prominent academics, think tank experts, and practitioners from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the ASEAN …

ERIA Attends the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy
10 June 2019
Tsukuba, 8-9 June 2019: A delegation from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), headed by the President, Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, was …

Call for Proposals: Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on Trade and Competitiveness in East Asia
03 June 2019
Jakarta, 3 June 2019: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) invites submissions of research proposals for ERIA’s Research Project on ‘Impact …

ERIA Hosted the Launch of the Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index 2018
13 July 2018
Jakarta, 11 July 2018: The Hinrich Foundation released the key findings from the second edition of its Sustainable Trade Index at an event hosted by …

ERIA Chief Economist Discusses the Evolution of Unbundlings in Indonesia
08 May 2018
Jakarta, 2 May 2018: ‘The concept of ‘unbundling’ is especially useful in formulating development strategies of a large country such as Indonesia. The further upgrading …

ERIA and UNCTAD Hold Workshop to Update NTMs Database
02 April 2018
Phuket, 20-22 March 2018: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) conducted a …

ERIA Hosts Workshop on Export Competitiveness
23 March 2018
Jakarta, 21 March 2018: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) hosted the ‘Export Competitiveness of Manufacturing Industries in East Asia’ workshop …

Call for Proposals: Labour in East Asia
24 November 2017
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) invites submission of original research proposals for its project, Labour in East Asia. The project …

Call for Proposals: ERIA-UNCTAD Project on NTMs
02 October 2017
Background In 2015, ERIA and UNCTAD had conducted the first comprehensive data collection of NTMs in the 10 ASEAN countries. In 2018, ERIA and UNCTAD …

ERIA-UNCTAD Continues to Promote Transparency of NTMs with Enhanced Database
25 September 2017
25 September 2017 | Palais des Nations, Geneva Since 2014, ERIA-UNCTAD has promoted transparency of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) in ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) and …

Cambodian Trade Negotiators Participate in Capacity Building Workshop
18 September 2017
On 14-15 September, around 25 Ministry of Commerce officials attended a one and a half day workshop on customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and …

ERIA - Routledge New Book: The Indonesian Economy
09 August 2017
Against the backdrop of growing anti-globalisation sentiments and increasing fragmentation of the production process across countries, this book addresses how the Indonesian economy should respond …

ERIA Holds Workshop to Discuss a Better Implementation of the Non-Tariff Measures
30 July 2017
ASEAN needs to create a structured mechanism to manage the trade barriers created from the implementation of non-tariff measures (NTMs) in the region, said Izuru …

Call for Proposals: Export Dynamics and Export Industry Development
03 July 2017
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) invites submission of research proposals for the ERIA Microdata Research Project for Fiscal Year 2017. …

Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Visits ERIA
14 June 2017
The President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, welcomed H.E. Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of …

RCEP Discussed at Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
26 May 2017
At the request of the Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia, on 18 May, the Capacity Building Programme facilitated a one-day workshop on "Understanding Issues …

ERIA and UNCTAD Hold 'NTMs in ASEAN' Workshop
17 May 2017
On 27-28 April 2017, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held …

ERIA Attends the Informal Meeting of AEM-METI Consultation
21 April 2017
A delegation from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) attended the informal meeting of ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)-METI consultations in Osaka, …

ERIA Engagement at the 5th ASEAN EU Business Summit
14 March 2017
While government leaders from the European Union and the Association for South East Asian Nations decided to resume free trade talks at a ministers meeting …

ERIA and UNCTAD Holds Lunch Meeting on NTM Database for RCEP Countries
03 March 2017
On 2 March 2017, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held …

ERIA - Routledge New Book: Production Networks in Southeast Asia
23 February 2017
Edited by Dr Lili Yan Ing and Prof Fukunari Kimura 304 pages | 77 B/W Illus. Series: Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics About the Book …

ERIA Proposes Two Ways to Escape 'Shallow Integration' in ASEAN
21 September 2016
One of the main challenges for ASEAN moving forward is the risk of 'shallow integration.' If we look at the last 15 years, intra-ASEAN trade …

Asia Forum: Indonesia Shifts Strategy to Achieve High Investment-led Growth
29 August 2016
The Government of Indonesia is serious about attracting higher levels of investment into the country so that it can achieve high investment-led economic growth, said …

Database on Non-Tariff Measures Available on ERIA Website
16 March 2016
The database on non-tariff measures (NTMs) is available on the ERIA website. ERIA, in collaboration with UNCTAD, collected and classified NTMs in the 10 ASEAN …