COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TRANSPORT FACILITATION ISSUES IN ASEAN TRANSPORT FACILITATION AGREEMENTS AND GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION CROSS BORDER TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
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https://doi.org/10.14456/acsr.2024.1Keywords:
Transport Facilitation, ASEAN, Greater Mekong Subregion, Cross Border TransportAbstract
Member countries of ASEAN and Greater Mekong Subregion are required to adjust their regulations to the committed international agreements on transport facilitation to reduce logistics cost and time consumed during the cross-border carriage of goods. This article compared major transport facilitation agreements ratified by ASEAN and Greater Mekong Subregion countries including ASEAN Framework Agreement on Multimodal Transport Agreement, ASEAN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Goods in Transit, ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-State Transport and Greater Mekong Subregion Cross Border Transport Agreement, identified commonalities, differences, and overlapping issues, and to recommend the approaches to build an effective legal regime and business practices to enhance regional cross border transport connectivity.
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