Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Pacific Rim - term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. The economic growth of the west coast of the United States has coincided with Japan's emergence as an economic superpower and with the rise of highly Read More...

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Economic Regionalization in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges to Economic Cooperation (Part II "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): 'A Moving Target'" and Part III "APEC: Organization and Agenda")
by M. Dutta. 318 pgs.

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This book provides a unique insight into the development of economic regionalization. Focusing on APEC itself, the author provides a detailed investigation into its organization and agenda, including interviews with former employees.

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Figures

Tables

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Economic Regionalization - a Perspective

1: Toward a Supranational Regional Macroeconomic Core

2: Historical Profiles of Economic Regionalization

3: An Economic Community in the Asia-Pacific Region

4: Economic Regionalization in Western Europe: Search for a New Paradigm

5: Pareto Optimality Condition and Economic Regionalization

6: Asia-Pacific Economic Regimes

7: Economic Regionalization and Geo-Economics

Part II: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (apec) - "A Moving Target"

8: Apec is a "Moving Target"

9: A Conversation with Jang-Hee Yoo

10: A Conversation with C. Fred Bergsten

11: A Conversation with Suhadi Mangkusuwondo

12: A Conversation with Zhao Gong-Da

13: A Conversation with Mitsuo Sato

14: A Conversation with Lee Tsao Yuan

15: A Conversation with the Honorable Neville Wran

16: A Conversation with Narongchai Akrasanee

17: A Conversation with Dato Noordin Sopiee

18: A Conversation with Heinz W. Arndt

19: A Conversation with Ross Garnaut

20: A Conversation with Peter Drysdale

21: A Conversation with Mohamed Ariff

Part III: Apec: Organization and Agenda

22: Apec Organization

23: Apec Vision: Action Agenda/Action Plan

24: Apec and Trade

25: Challenges for Apec

Part IV: Geo-Economics and Intra-Apec Subregional Economic Cooperation

26: Intra-Apec Geo-Economics

27: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean)

28: Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations (anz-Cer)

29: The North American Free Trade Area (nafta)

30: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (saarc)

31: The Golden Triangle of China: Mainland, Taipei, Hong Kong

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The Future of the Pacific Rim: Scenarios for Regional Cooperation (Chap. 9 "Regionalism and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: The Role of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Governments")
by Barbara K. Bundy, Stephen D. Burns, Kimberly V. Weichel. 263 pgs.

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This important volume examines the vast potential of--and critical need for--cooperation among the neighboring states of the Pacific Rim. From economic and security matters to cultural and environmental concerns, the "Pacific Century" will require increased cross-border education, communication, and cooperation, which can be enhanced by regional organizations and agreements. This work offers a compilation of new thinking from international political, business, and academic leaders on the challenges facing the Pacific Rim in the next century, and proposes the emerging Pacific community as a model for global cooperation.

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

I Overview of Regional Cooperation in the Pacific Region

1 Introduction

2 The Pan-Pacific Movement: An Interpretative History

Ii Economic Structures And Relationships

3 Economic Blocs or Open Regionalism: a Japanese View

4 Economic Structures And Relationships in the Pacific Rim

5 East Asian Economics: Development, Cooperation Prospects, and China's Strategy

6 Pacific Economic Cooperation: Outlook and Agenda for The 1990s

7 The Importance of the Asia Pacific Region for California's Economic Vitality

Iii Governmental Mechanisms For Regional Cooperation And Integration

8 Regionalism and the Asia Pacific Development Outlook

9 Regionalism and Cooperation In The Asia Pacific: the Role of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Governments

10 Regional Groupings in the Pacific Rim: an East Asian Perspective

11 New Directions for the Future

12 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Potential and The U.S. Interest: "Going Multilateral"

Iv Security: New And Emerging Issues

13 A Framework for Regional Security Cooperation in Asia

14 Asia Pacific Security in A Time of Change

15 Prospects for Cooperative Security Arrangements

16 From Confrontation To Cooperation in Southeast Asia: Lessons and Prospects

V Emerging Players In Pacific Rim Regionalism

17 Globalization and National Power In the Pacific

18 Russia on the Pacific: Beyond Communism and Confrontation

19 Redefining the Pacific: the New Architecture of Economic Regionalism

20 A Vision for the Asia Pacific Economy in The Year 2000 and the Tasks Ahead

Vi New Directions for The Future

21 Future Directions for Pacific Cooperation

22 A New Democracy for the Pacific Rim Region and the World

23 From Silk Road to Silicon Road: Managing the Challenges Of Success During the 1990s

Selected Bibliography

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APEC and the New Regionalism: GATT Compliance and Prescriptions for the WTO, in Law and Policy in International Business
by Andrew A. Faye. 41 pgs.

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Factor Endowments, Trade Liberalization, and the Future of APEC Trade Patterns, in Contemporary Economic Policy
by Kitty K. Chan, Jeffrey B. Nugent. 13 pgs.

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APEC and Trans-Pacific Dispute Management, in Law and Policy in International Business
by Carl J. Green. 15 pgs.

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Pacific Rim Trade and Development: Historical Environment and Future Prospects, in Contemporary Economic Policy
by Jack W. Hou, Shinichi Ichimura, Seiji Naya, Lars Werin, Leslie Young. 25 pgs.

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Promoting Competition in Global Markets: A Multi-national Approach (Chap. 9 "APEC")
by P.J. Lloyd, Kerrin A Vautier. 220 pgs.

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This book sheds new light on a major issue on the international trade policy agenda - the promotion and defence of competition in globalizing markets. The liberalization of cross-border flows of goods, services and capital that has occurred during the last decade has made competition increasingly important. The authors discuss multi-national approaches to competition policy in the WTO, European Union, the Americas, OECD, UNCTAD and CER. They investigate the policy responses to anti-competitive, cross-border business transactions and argue that a growing reliance on competition law is not in itself sufficient to promote competition in globalizing markets. They conclude that to achieve genuine competition in globalizing markets, policymakers must have a more comprehensive and coherent policy governed by agreed competition principles.

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1. Introduction

Part One Competition in Global Markets

2. the Framework for Policy Analysis

Notes

Part Two: Bilateral Cooperation on Competition Law Enforcement

3. Bilateral Cooperation Agreements

Notes

Part Three: The Approaches of Regional Trading Arrangements

4. the European Union

5. Closer Economic Relations Agreement

Notes

6. the Americas

Notes

Part Four: Plurilateral Approaches

7. Ito, the Gatt 1960 Decision and the United Nations

8. Oecd

9. Apec

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Part Five: Developments at the Multilateral Level

10. the World Trade Organization

Notes

11. an Historic Case: the Kodak/Fuji Dispute

Notes

Part Six: Emerging Patterns and Principles

12. an Approach to Promoting Competition in Global Markets

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Subiect Index
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East Asia in Transition: Toward a New Regional Order (Chap. 12 "International Order and Organization in the Asia-Pacific Region")
by Robert S. Ross. 372 pgs.

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With contributions by leading authorities on the security and political economy of East Asia, this volume examines the implications of the profound strategic and economic transformations in the region since the demise of the Soviet Union ended Cold War polarization and the emergence of new East Asian economic powers transformed regional economic relations. By studying the implications of these strategic and economic transformations for the interests of the great powers and key local powers and for the maintenance of regional stability, the contributors ponder how the changing relations among these states might evolve into a new regional order characterized by extensive stability and cooperation. By so doing, they consider potential sources of instability, including changes in domestic politics and enduring bilateral conflicts of interests, and the importance of developing creative bilateral policies and of maximizing the contribution of multilateral institutions in mitigating the impact of these factors on regional security.

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Contributors

Preface

Introduction: East Asia in Transition

Part I:: Economic and Political Change in East Asia

1: Economic Change and the Challenge of Uncertainty

2: Wealth, Power, and Conflict: East Asia After the Cold War

Part II: The Great Powers

3: Russia and East Asia After the Cold War

4: China and the Stability of East Asia

5: Japan as an Asia-Pacific Power

6: The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region in the Post-Cold War Era

Part III: The Local Powers

7: Korea in the Cold War and Its Aftermath

8: A Giant Treads Carefully: Indonesia's Foreign Policy in the 1990s

9: From Domino to Dominant: Thailand's Security Policies in the Twenty-First Century

10: Vietnam's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Coping with Vulnerability

Part IV: Toward A New Regional Order

11: Political Transformation of Communist States: Impact on the International Order in East Asia

12: International Order and Organization in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Pacific Cooperation: Building Economic and Security Regimes in the Asia-Pacific Region (Chap. 2 "Institution-Building in the Pacific," Chap. 3 "Comparing Regional Cooperation Efforts in the Asia-Pacific and North America," and Chap. 4 "APEC--A Sceptical View")
by Andrew Mack, John Ravenhill. 277 pgs.

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Pacific Cooperation: Building Economic and Security Regimes in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Preface

Notes on Contributors

Abbreviations

1: Economic and Security Regimes in the Asia—pacific Region

2: Institution-Building in the Pacific

3: Comparing Regional Cooperation Efforts in the Asia—pacific and North America

4: Apec—a Sceptical View

5: Leadership and Cooperative Institutions in the Asia-Pacific

6: The Post—cold War Asia—pacific Security Order: Conflict or Cooperation?

7: Regionalism and Security: A Conceptual Investigation

8: The Asia—pacific in the Post-Hegemonic World

9: The European Cooperative Security Regime: New Lessons for the Asia—pacific

10: The Evolving Security Discourse in the Asia—pacific

11: Conclusion: The Theory and Practice of Regional Cooperation

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Regionalism and Global Economic Integration: Europe, Asia, and the Americas (Chap. 2 "The International Political Economy of Regionalism: The Asia-Pacific and Europe Compared")
by William D. Coleman, Geoffrey R.D. Underhill. 254 pgs.

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This interdisciplinary volume sheds much needed light on the relationship between national policies, regional integration patterns and the wider global setting. It covers regional patterns in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Individual chapters focus on topics ranging from industrial or financial policies to social welfare regimes, as well as broader assessments and comparisons of regional arrangements in a global context. The chapters point to the diversity of regional patterns in the world economy and the continuing importance of national regulatory structures, yet they also point to the common pressures of globalization felt by all, especially in the domain of capital markets. With broad coverage and clear but sophisticated analysis this new book will be vital reading to all those seeking to clarify their understanding of the contemporary regional/global paradox.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Regional Economic Integration in the Global Economy

1: Regional Economic Co-Operation, Global Markets and Domestic Politics

2: The International Political Economy of Regionalism

References

3: Asia-Pacific Regionalism Versus Globalization

4: In the Whirlwind of Globalization and Multilateralism

Part II: Public Policy, Globalization and Regionalism

5: ‘subversive Liberalism’

6: The Social Democratic Predicament and Global Economic Integration

7: Globalization, Corporate Identity and European Union Technology Policy

8: Regional Versus Global Discipline

9: Strapped to the Mast

References

Part III: Supranational Governance and Regulation

10: Regionalism, Globalization, and ‘professional Society

11: Globalization, Regionalism and the Regulation of Securities Markets

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Network Power: Japan and Asia (Chap. 8 "Japan's National Security and Asia-Pacific Regional Institutitons in the Post-Cold War Era")
by Peter J. Katzenstein, Takashi Shiraishi. 402 pgs.

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Preface

Contributors

Introduction: Asian Regionalism in Comparative Perspective

I: The Regional Setting

1: Transpacific Torii: Japan and the Emerging Asian Regionalism

2: Asianism's Ambivalent Legacy

II: From Past to Future

3: The Lntra-Regional System in East Asia in Modern Times

4: Japan and Northeast Asia into the Twenty-First Century

5: Japan and Southeast Asia

III: Regional Issues: Economy and Culture

6: Japan in East Asia: Institutions and Regional Leadership

7: Japan's Soft Power: Doraemon Goes Overseas

IV: What Kind of Asia?

8: Japan's National Security and Asia-Pacific's Regional Institutions in the Post-Cold War Era

9: China, Japan and the Regional Political Economy of East Asia, 1945-1995

Conclusion: Regions in World Politics: Japan and Asia--Germany in Europe

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APEC and the WTO: Which Way Forward for Trade Liberalization?, in Contemporary Southeast Asia
by John Ravenhill. 18 pgs.

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The Possibility of Deterritorializing Democracy: Agonistic Democratic Politics and the APEC NGO Forums, in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political
by Marc G. Doucet. 34 pgs.

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APEC: Amazing, Yes--Awesome, No, in Business Asia
by Tim Fischer. 1 pgs.

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), in Foreign Policy in Focus
by John Gershman. 1 pgs.

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