Europe, East Asia and APEC A Shared Global Agenda?

This book was the first in a major series examining Global Economic Institutions and contrasts regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific Region and in Europe. In the Asia Pacific Region at the time of publication, regionalism was developing by means of 'open regionalism', constructed through the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Process). This was different from the regionalism which had developed in Europe, through the construction of a single European Market and Monetary Union within the European Union. In the light of this contrast, a number of important contemporary policy questions are considered by an international team of contributors. How should Europe and other parts of the world respond to the development of open regionalism in the Asia Pacific Region? Can these regions develop a shared global agenda directed toward sustaining genuinely multilateral solutions to international trade policy problems?

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Context: 1. Europe and East Asia: a shared global agenda? P. Drysdale, D. Vines and B. House; 2. Commercial links between Western Europe and East Asia: retrospects and prospects K. Anderson and J. Francois; 3. Regionalism in Europe and the Asia Pacific R. Pomfret; Part II. Regional Identities: 4. European integration: retrospect and prospect R. Portes and D. Vines; 5. Open regionalism: the nature of Asia Pacific integration P. Drysdale, A. Elek and H. Soesastro; 6. Beyond liberalisation of trade in goods: alternative strategies for regional trade and investment facilitation P. S. Intal Jr. and C. Findlay; Part III. Modelling the regional integration process: 7. Trade liberalisation in the European Union and APEC: what if the approaches were exchanged? Y. Yang, R. Duncan and T. Lawson; 8. Regional and multilateral trade liberalisation: the effects on trade, investment and welfare W. J. McKibbin; Part IV. Linkages between Europe and East Asia: 9. Europe's trade, investment and strategic policy interests in Asia and APEC R. J. Langhammer; Part V. Global Issues: 10. China and the global system J. Y. Lin; 11. Regionalism and the world trading system: reflections on trends in EU, US and APEC policy J. Rollo; 12. Europe and Asia Pacific economic cooperation R. Garnaut.

This 1998 book was the first in a major series examining Global Economic Institutions and contrasts regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific Region and in Europe. An international team of contributors consider a number of important contemporary policy questions which arise in the light of these contrasts.