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ADBI Working Paper Series Trade and Investment Policies and Regional Economic Integration in East Asia Siow Yue Chia No. 210 April 2010 Asian Development Bank Institute Siow Yue Chia is a senior research fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. The views expressed in this paper are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ADBI, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms. The Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change. ADBI’s working papers reflect initial ideas on a topic and are posted online for discussion. ADBI encourages readers to post their comments on the main page for each working paper (given in the citation below). Some working papers may develop into other forms of publication. Suggested citation: Chia, S. Y. 2010. Trade and Investment Policies and Regional Economic Integration in East Asia. ADBI Working Paper 210. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute. Available: /working-paper/2010/04/05/3652.trade.investment.policies.east.asia/ Please contact the author(s) for information about this paper. Siow Yue Chia: chiasy@.sg Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6008, Japan Tel: +81-3-3593-5500 Fax: +81-3-3593-5571 URL: E-mail: info@ © 2010 Asian Development Bank Institute ADBI Working Paper 210 Chia Abstract The global economic cri