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 prepared by Niccolo Sainati and Nikita Shahu,under the direct supervision of Witada Anukoonwattaka,Econom
2、ic Affairs Officer in the Trade Policy and Facilitation Section(TPFS)of the Trade,Investment and Innovation Division(TIID)in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific(ESCAP).The Brief was developed under the overall direction of Yann Duval,Chief,TPFS,TIID,and Rupa Chanda,Dir
3、ector,TIID.The brief was formatted by Niccolo Sainati,and the cover design was prepared by Nikita Shahu.ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS 2025/2026 iv Contents Highlights.1 1.Merchandise trade.5 1.1 Trade growth.5 1.2 Intra-regional and intra-subregional trade.9 1.3 Near term prospects for me
4、rchandise trade.11 2.Services trade.13 2.1 Trade growth.13 2.2 Intra-regional and intra-subregional trade.17 2.3 Near-term prospects for commercial services trade.17 Conclusion.20 References.21 List of figures Figure 1.Merchandise trade in Asia-Pacific,2020-2026(p).5 Figure 2.Trends in real merchand
5、ise trade growth by Asia-Pacific subregion,2020-2026(p)7 Figure 3.Merchandise exports and imports price fluctuations,selected regional economies,2025.8 Figure 4.Commercial services trade in Asia-Pacific,2020-2026(p).13 Figure 5.Export Growth in Commercial Services by Sector,Asia-Pacific 2020-2025.15
6、 Figure 6.Trends in nominal commercial services trade growth by Asia-Pacific subregion,2020-2026(p).16 List of tables Table 1.Trade partners of Asia and the Pacific(2025).9 Table 2.Subregional merchandise export share by export destination(2025).9 Table 3.Change in merchandise trade partners of Asia