The Effect Of Tariff Liberation In East Asia's Regional Cooperation

The worldwide tide of tariff liberation contributes to the coefficient of two strengthen. One is the effort of tariff reduction under the system of GATT/WTO, and the other is effect caused by regional cooperation between countries cutting their bilateral or plurilateral custom duties. Both these two efforts have been promoting the liberation of international trade, meanwhile promoting their development each other. Kinds of regional cooperation developed rapidly under the condition of tariff liberation, because the tariff obstacle's lowering down reduced domestic counterwork of the party countries, and the possibility of loss of countries outside the region. Nowadays regional cooperation is carried through under a more open circumstance, which will attach much importance to realize the fact and trend of cooperation in East Asia.This thesis takes the view that the trade liberation, which is led by tariff liberation, is the base of regional cooperation. Cooperation in East Asia will bring a prosperous profit to its party members, owing to the diversity and competitiveness of the region's industry structure. As using tariff for the only variation to compute the possible trade benefits, China is appropriate to attend a less discriminatory and more open regional cooperation.