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Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership

This study seeks to compare bilateral export potential estimates in the Malaysia-Chile partnership within the context of the emerging region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and identify barriers to trade, to provide insights into bilateral market access for exporters. Clearly, the empiric...

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Main Authors: Devadason, E.S., Chandran, V.G.R., Mubarik, S.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/13874/1/0001.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.138742015-08-06T02:38:54Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13874/ Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership Devadason, E.S. Chandran, V.G.R. Mubarik, S. AC Collections. Series. Collected works This study seeks to compare bilateral export potential estimates in the Malaysia-Chile partnership within the context of the emerging region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and identify barriers to trade, to provide insights into bilateral market access for exporters. Clearly, the empirical findings suggest over trading in the major exporting sectors from both sides, since the export basket is also concentrated both ways in the Malaysia-Chile trade. Through the interviews, fewer restrictions are reported by the various stakeholders, as the extent of trade engagement is still somewhat low. Instead, the challenges identified within specific sub-sectors from both sides relate mainly to procedures set to secure compliance. They mostly indicate adherence to labeling requirements for food products. More importantly, this study strongly recommends the direct involvement of the business community of Malaysia in cross-regional initiatives to identify opportunities for creating supply chains in Chile for specific sectors, namely in electronics, furniture and base metals. 2015-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13874/1/0001.pdf Devadason, E.S. and Chandran, V.G.R. and Mubarik, S. (2015) Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership. In: Congress of the Latin American Studies Association 2015, 27-30 May 2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Submitted)
institution Universiti Malaya
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language English
topic AC Collections. Series. Collected works
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Devadason, E.S.
Chandran, V.G.R.
Mubarik, S.
Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
description This study seeks to compare bilateral export potential estimates in the Malaysia-Chile partnership within the context of the emerging region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and identify barriers to trade, to provide insights into bilateral market access for exporters. Clearly, the empirical findings suggest over trading in the major exporting sectors from both sides, since the export basket is also concentrated both ways in the Malaysia-Chile trade. Through the interviews, fewer restrictions are reported by the various stakeholders, as the extent of trade engagement is still somewhat low. Instead, the challenges identified within specific sub-sectors from both sides relate mainly to procedures set to secure compliance. They mostly indicate adherence to labeling requirements for food products. More importantly, this study strongly recommends the direct involvement of the business community of Malaysia in cross-regional initiatives to identify opportunities for creating supply chains in Chile for specific sectors, namely in electronics, furniture and base metals.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Devadason, E.S.
Chandran, V.G.R.
Mubarik, S.
author_facet Devadason, E.S.
Chandran, V.G.R.
Mubarik, S.
author_sort Devadason, E.S.
title Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
title_short Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
title_full Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
title_fullStr Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
title_full_unstemmed Cross-regional engagement between ASEAN and Latin America: defining barriers to trade in the Malaysia-Chile partnership
title_sort cross-regional engagement between asean and latin america: defining barriers to trade in the malaysia-chile partnership
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/13874/1/0001.pdf
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