Vic Li, Y.-W. orcid.org/0000-0002-8771-537X (2022) Trading as usual? Navigating Hong Kong’s roles in global trade architectures. Asia Pacific Business Review, 28 (5). pp. 701-718. ISSN 1360-2381
Abstract
The successful maintenance of Hong Kong as a great “trading state” in the wake of its colonial era has been well recounted in the literature. However, the city’s continuing relevance as a key business hub depends on the extent to which the SAR authorities can respond to the challenges, and seize the opportunities, created by a trade governance terrain that has been evolving quickly over the last decade. This paper analyses how Hong Kong has performed as an actor in global trade governance, discusses the development of regional trade architecture, and offers a prospective assessment of how Hong Kong might calibrate its trade policies and strategies in response to the many political and economic shifts in the global trade system. The paper argues that Hong Kong should adopt a more pro-active outlook that goes beyond its long-standing defensive posture in order to carve out policy spaces over the next few years that might best ensure its economic interests and competitiveness within an uncertain landscape of trade architecture.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Asia Pacific Business Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Free trade agreements; global trade regime; Hong Kong; regional trade networks; trade governance; trade regionalism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2024 11:57 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2024 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13602381.2022.2116879 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:208963 |