Macroregional economic integration in Southeast Asia

Afta and the automobile industry from a Thai perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID20153199
AuthorsMarkus Hassler (Philipps University of Marburg, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue1
Pages124-136
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9493.2012.00449.x
OpenAlexW1898494163
LanguageEN
References cited20

Cross‐border automobile production and trade is still subject to regulations and restrictions in developed as well as developing political economic spaces. Although global production networks are within this industrial sector are significantly underpinned by political economies at national scales, macro‐scale regulation increasingly influences how and where lead firms operate within the global economy. Within this changing context, this paper outlines the recent regulatory changes in the regional political economy of Southeast Asia with the introduction of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA). Drawing on empirical evidence from the Thai industry, and how macroregional automobile production networks are established, the paper focuses on the changes of this free trade policy for component as well as vehicle trade

Automotive industry · Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Economic integration · Economics · Economy · Geography · International free trade agreement · International trade · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Production (economics) · Regional Integration · Engineering · Global trade and economics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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