Are trade and transport logistics activities mutually reinforcing? Some empirical evidences from ASEAN countries

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Yu Pang¹  Kee-hung Lai²  Y. N. Eppie Ng²  Christina W. Y. Wong²  Y. H. Venus Lun² 

[1] School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology;Shipping Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;

关键词: Trade liberalization;    Trade facilitation;    Trade integration;    Tariff;    Intra-FTA trade;    Extra-FTA trade;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41072-019-0041-x

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Both trade and transport logistics activities have impressively flourished among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries over the past decades. Based on these observations, this paper conjectures that trade liberalization and transport logistics development are mutually reinforced. Elimination of internal tariff in the free trade area facilitates trade thereby increasing the demand for transport logistics. Transport logistics development generates spillover effect to promote trade with nonmembers. The findings of this paper indicate that a country’s transport logistics development will bolster both of its regional and global trade development.

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