ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour: A space for civil society in migration governance at the regional level?

The aim of this article is to discuss and substantiate new spaces for the political participation of migrant civil society at the regional level in Southeast Asia through the lens of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML). The AFML process is shaped by the International Labour Organisation and mirrors its tripartite format, essentially bringing together governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations. Crucially, migrant support and self‐organisations also have access, even if somewhat restricted, to regularly held deliberations. In light of the ASEAN consensus on migration that was agreed upon at the end of 2017, the article situates the AFML within the ongoing process of migration governance in the region and focusses especially on the role of migrant civil society as an important stakeholder. Based on the specific experience of civil society organisations (CSOs) from Malaysia, the article discusses which spaces the forum provides for civil society actors and how the latter use them for their advocacy. The major argument of the article is that the development of migration policies at the regional level can benefit from the inclusion of migrant civil society in the process. The governance of migrants could thus be complemented by governance for and by migrants.     

海峡两岸水产品对东盟市场出口增长的影响因素及合作对策

利用1996—2014年中国大陆与中国台湾地区水产品出口贸易数据,采用恒定市场份额模型对海峡两岸水产品对东盟市场出口增长的影响因素进行分析。结果表明:1)两岸水产品对东盟市场出口增长受到国际市场贸易政策变化的影响。2)东盟市场需求增长是两岸对东盟市场出口增长的主要原因。3)中国大陆对东盟市场总体竞争效应不断增强,但在需求量较大的市场其竞争力提升较慢;中国台湾水产品在东盟市场的竞争力不断增强,但受困于自身渔业发展瓶颈,近年来竞争效应的比重有所下降。4)随着市场的融合,两岸水产品出口与东盟水产品进口需求的匹配度越来越高。针对两岸在东盟市场出口增长的影响因素,本研究提出二者在东盟市场渔业合作的对策建议:力求出口与需求相匹配,加强两岸渔业领域的深层次合作,两岸合作共同投资开发东盟市场,开展差异性的营销策略。     

The trade margins of Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN and their determinants

How do Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) evolve? And what factors affected the evolution pattern? This study measures the trade margins of Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN by utilizing the 2000–2015 Harmonized System's six-digit agricultural trade data, and further analyzes their determinants by developing an augmented gravity model of international trade. The results indicate that, the main growth source of Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN has shifted from the extensive margin before the formal establishment of CAFTA(China–ASEAN Free Trade Area) in 2010 to the intensive margin since the formal establishment of CAFTA, but changes in Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN have always mainly depended on the intensive margin. Since the formal establishment of CAFTA, the evolution pattern of Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN has shifted from "more varieties, low price, and small quantity" to "less varieties, high price, and large quantity". Relative economic scale, relative population scale, capacity of agricultural export, trade integration, global financial crisis, and common border significantly affect the trade margins of Chinese agricultural exports to ASEAN.