1、 ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2025/2026 i ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2025/2026 ii ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2025/2026 iii Acknowledgements This Brief was led by Witada Anukoonwattaka,Economic Affairs Officer in the Trade Policy and Facilitation Section(TPFS)o
2、f the Trade,Investment,and Innovation Division(TIID)at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP).Substantive support and drafting contributions were provided by Nikita Shahu,Jaisung Hong,and Haixin Yu,research consultants and interns at ESCAP.The development o
3、f the Brief was carried out under the overall direction of Yann Duval,Chief,TPFS,TIID,and Rupa Chanda,Director,TIID.The cover design was prepared,and the report was formatted by Nikita Shahu.ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2025/2026 iv Table of Contents Acknowledgements.iii Highlights.1 1.A
4、sia-Pacific PTAs.4 1.1 Background.4 1.2 New Agreements in 2025.4 1.3 Trends.5 1.4 Scope of PTAs.6 2.Sustainable Development and Asia-Pacific PTAs.9 3.Digital Trade and Asia-Pacific PTAs.11 4.Non-Traditional Arrangements.15 5.Conclusion.17 Annex:Trade with PTA Partners.18 References.20 Table of Figur
5、es Figure 1.Noodle bowl of Asia-Pacific PTAs(1971-2025).3 Figure 2.Newly signed or concluded PTAs(2025).5 Figure 3.Pattern of active PTAs,by Asia-Pacific subregions.6 Figure 4.Evolution in the policy coverage of Asia-Pacific PTAs(1990-2025).8 Figure 5.Growth of sustainable development related provis
6、ions in Asia-Pacific Trade Agreements(1990-2025).10 Figure 6.Growth of digital trade provisions in Asia-Pacific Trade Agreements(1990-2025).12 Figure 7.Asia Pacific trade agreements with digital trade provisions,by level of legal bindingness(2000-2025).13 Figure 8.Bilateral arrangements(signed or in