Trade regionalization in contemporary East Asia
Trade regionalization in contemporary East Asia

Summary/Abstract: The paper concerns the process of regional economic integration, taking place in contemporary East Asia. The main objective of the study is to investigate the changes in an intensity of merchandise trade regionalization in East Asia in the years 1995–2014. The hypothesis, claiming that intraregional trade development in East Asia depends on the interest of the major East Asian economies and on changes of the region’s position in the world trade, will be verified. In order to achieve the goal of the study, the method of analysis and interpretation of statistical data was utilized. It was based mainly on the intraregional export and import share but also on intraregional trade intensity index. The main conclusion of the analysis confirms that the process of a trade regionalization in East Asia progresses, but its growth is relatively low. The most important economies in the region, especially China, play a key role in these processes.

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