Vinod Aggarwal / Shjiro Urata (eds.)

Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific

Origins, Evolution, and Implications
Herausgeber: Aggarwal, Vinod; Urata, Shujiro

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Asia-Pacific region at the beginning of the 21st century has witnessed a rise in bilateral preferential trade agreements which could have potentially dramatic effects on the trading patterns of countries in the trans-Pacific region. "Bilateral Trade "Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific examines the underlying political and economic factors driving these accords and the implications of these arrangements for broader trading arrangements. The book contains detailed case analysis of the trade strategies of Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, and Mexico. With a growing numbers of countries both in the region and elsewhere in the world now considering further negotiation of bilateral trade accords, the book highlights how these arrangements will fit or conflict with existing institutions in the Asia-Pacific and what this will mean for broader trade institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 167mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780415702096
• ISBN-10: 0415702097
• Artikelnr.: 21676093

Autorenporträt

Vinod Aggarwal, Shujiro Urata

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Theoretical framework and economic overview 1. Bilateral trade
agreements in the Asia-Pacific by VINOD K. AGGARWAL 2. The political
economy of the new Asia-Pacific bilateralism: benign, banal, or simply bad?
by JOHN RAVENHILL 3. Bilateralism in the Asia-Pacific: an economic overview
by FUKUNARI KIMURA
PART II Case studies 4. Japan: a new move toward bilateral trade agreements
by T.J. PEMPEL AND SHUJIRO URATA 5. US trade arrangements in the
Asia-Pacific by RICHARD E. FEINBERG 6. Chinese trade bilateralism: politics
still in command by ELAINE S. KWEI 7. From multilateralism to bilateralism?
a shift in South Korea's trade strategy by MIN GYO KOO 8. Who rules the
international economy? Taiwan's daunting attempts at bilateralism by
ROSELYN Y. HSUEH 9. Singapore trade bilateralism: a two track strategy by
SEUNGJOO LEE 10. Why countries are so eager to establish bilateral free
trade agreements: a case study of Thailand by KOZO KIYOTA 11. The reluctant
bilateralist: Malaysia's new trade strategy by YUMIKO OKAMOTO 12. Free
trade beyond NAFTA: the economic and institutional rationale for Mexico's
bilateral trade agenda by RALPH ESPACH
PART III Conclusion 13. The evolution and implications of bilateral trade
agreements in the Asia-Pacific by VINOD K. AGGARWAL AND MIN GYO KOO