Shujiro Urata is Professor Emeritus at Waseda University. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and President of the East Asian Economics Association (EAEA).Fukunari Kimura is Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor, Keio University and President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).Paresh Kumar Narayan is a professor at Monash Business School, Australia. He is President of the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, and Managing Editor of Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking.Ha Thi Thanh Doan is an economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Does Financial Integration or Trade Integration Cause Instability? Evidence From Emerging and ASEAN EconomiesRakesh Padhan and K.P Prabheesh2. Revisiting the Impacts of COVID-19 Government Policies and Trade Measures on Trade Flows: A Focus on RCEP Nations Nathapornpan Piyaareekul Uttama 3. Global Value Chain Integration and Business Cycle Synchronisation: Evidence from Selected ASEAN Countries Bhushan Praveen Jangam and Badri Narayan Rath4. Have Dynamic Spillovers and the Connectedness of Trade Policy Uncertainty Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Sino–US Trade Frictions?Chien-Chiang Lee and Farzan Yahya5. Trade Openness, COVID-19 Shock, Foreign Direct Investment, Inflation, and Output Volatility in Six ASEAN Member Countries Chinmaya Behera and Badri Narayan Rath6. The COVID-19 Pandemic and World Machinery Trade Network Kozo Kiyota7. Tourism Exports, Digitalisation, and Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia Mini P. Thomas, Archana Srivastava, and Keerti Mallela8. The Effects of the US–China Trade War During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Viet Nam Duc Anh Dang and Ngoc Anh Tran9. The Effect of COVID-19 on Firms' Behaviour: The Case of JapanYuting Chen and Bin NiIndex

Shujiro Urata is Professor Emeritus at Waseda University. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and President of the East Asian Economics Association (EAEA).Fukunari Kimura is Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor, Keio University and President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).Paresh Kumar Narayan is a professor at Monash Business School, Australia. He is President of the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, and Managing Editor of Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking.Ha Thi Thanh Doan is an economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Does Financial Integration or Trade Integration Cause Instability? Evidence From Emerging and ASEAN EconomiesRakesh Padhan and K.P Prabheesh2. Revisiting the Impacts of COVID-19 Government Policies and Trade Measures on Trade Flows: A Focus on RCEP Nations Nathapornpan Piyaareekul Uttama 3. Global Value Chain Integration and Business Cycle Synchronisation: Evidence from Selected ASEAN Countries Bhushan Praveen Jangam and Badri Narayan Rath4. Have Dynamic Spillovers and the Connectedness of Trade Policy Uncertainty Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Sino–US Trade Frictions?Chien-Chiang Lee and Farzan Yahya5. Trade Openness, COVID-19 Shock, Foreign Direct Investment, Inflation, and Output Volatility in Six ASEAN Member Countries Chinmaya Behera and Badri Narayan Rath6. The COVID-19 Pandemic and World Machinery Trade Network Kozo Kiyota7. Tourism Exports, Digitalisation, and Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia Mini P. Thomas, Archana Srivastava, and Keerti Mallela8. The Effects of the US–China Trade War During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Viet Nam Duc Anh Dang and Ngoc Anh Tran9. The Effect of COVID-19 on Firms' Behaviour: The Case of JapanYuting Chen and Bin NiIndex

Shujiro Urata is Professor Emeritus at Waseda University. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and President of the East Asian Economics Association (EAEA).Fukunari Kimura is Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor, Keio University and President, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).Paresh Kumar Narayan is a professor at Monash Business School, Australia. He is President of the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, and Managing Editor of Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking.Ha Thi Thanh Doan is an economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Does Financial Integration or Trade Integration Cause Instability? Evidence From Emerging and ASEAN EconomiesRakesh Padhan and K.P Prabheesh2. Revisiting the Impacts of COVID-19 Government Policies and Trade Measures on Trade Flows: A Focus on RCEP Nations Nathapornpan Piyaareekul Uttama 3. Global Value Chain Integration and Business Cycle Synchronisation: Evidence from Selected ASEAN Countries Bhushan Praveen Jangam and Badri Narayan Rath4. Have Dynamic Spillovers and the Connectedness of Trade Policy Uncertainty Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Sino–US Trade Frictions?Chien-Chiang Lee and Farzan Yahya5. Trade Openness, COVID-19 Shock, Foreign Direct Investment, Inflation, and Output Volatility in Six ASEAN Member Countries Chinmaya Behera and Badri Narayan Rath6. The COVID-19 Pandemic and World Machinery Trade Network Kozo Kiyota7. Tourism Exports, Digitalisation, and Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia Mini P. Thomas, Archana Srivastava, and Keerti Mallela8. The Effects of the US–China Trade War During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Viet Nam Duc Anh Dang and Ngoc Anh Tran9. The Effect of COVID-19 on Firms' Behaviour: The Case of JapanYuting Chen and Bin NiIndex