ESCAP (2007), "Trade facilitation beyond the multilateral trade negotiations: regional practices, customs valuation and other emerging issues - a study by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade", United Nations, New York.
This book, published by ESCAP in cooperation with UNDP, features the main research outputs of ARTNeT between April 2006 and January 2007 on trade facilitation (TF) . Issues covered include TF in preferential trade agreements, rules of origins, customs valuation, comparative TF needs and priorities in selected countries, TF and liberalization of logistics services, and the effect of trade costs on trade flows. Overall, the book suggests that policymakers should look beyond the narrow agenda of the multilateral trade negotiations on TF to develop comprehensive TF strategies that best meet their needs.

ESCAP (2007), "Towards coherent policy frameworks: Understanding trade and investment linkages", Trade and Investment Studies, No. 62, United Nations, New York.
This book features a selection of ARTNeT, ESCAP, and UNCTAD papers exploring the linkages between trade and investment. Issues covered include investment provisions and regulation through trade agreements, the need for more coherent and harmonized approaches to the design of rules of origin, the interactions between foreign direct investment and trade flows, and the drivers of outward foreign direct investment from the developing economics in the region. The book also features case studies on the effect of trade and investment liberalization on the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Indonesia, and on trade in education services in Malaysia.

ESCAP (2007), "Agricultural trade: Planting the seeds of regional liberalization in Asia - A study by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade", United Nations, New York.
This publication brings together papers produced by ARTNeT researchers between May 2005 and December 2006, exploring the potential for agricultural trade opportunities at the regional level through preferential trade agreements (PTAs), at a time when the number of PTAs globally and in the ESCAP region has been increasing sharply. The PTAs analyzed in the book are from three subregions: South Asia, East Asia and South-East Asia. Therefore, this volume fills the void that currently exists in quantitative analysis of preferential agricultural trade liberalization in the Asian economies.

ESCAP (2006), "An exploration of the need for and cost of selected trade facilitation measures in Asia and the Pacific in the context of the WTO negotiations", Studies in Trade and Investment No. 57, United Nations, New York.
This publication explores the need, priorities and cost of implementation of selected trade facilitation measures in five Asian countries in the context of the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation. It consists of a synthesis of country studies conducted in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Nepal in cooperation with national-level research institutions member of ARTNeT. It contains a detailed and comparative assessment of the trade facilitation situation in these countries, results of private sector surveys on the trade facilitation needs and priorities in each of the countries It also covers the implementation costs and sequencing of twelve trade facilitation measures under consideration by the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation.