Regionalism versus multilateral trade arrangements / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger. - Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1997. - ix, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - NBER-East Asia seminar on economics ; v. 6 . - NBER-East Asia seminar on economics (Series) ; v. 6. .

Sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and other organizations. Edited versions of papers presented at the NBER-East Asia Seminar on Economics 6th annual conference, held in Seoul, Korea, June 15-17, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Problems with overlapping free trade areas / Political economy of Mexico's entry into NAFTA / Social policy : dimensions of economic integration : environmental and labor standards / EU, NAFTA, and Asian responses : a perspective from the calculus of participation / Open versus closed trade blocs / Is regionalism simply a diversion? Evidence from the evolution of the EC and EFTA / Asia Pacific capital markets : integration and implications for economic activity / Recent developments of APEC : issues and prospects of the Osaka Agenda / Perspective on the effects of NAFTA on Korea / Regionalism and subregionalism in ASEAN : the free trade area and growth triangle models / Globalization and new industrial organization : implications for structural adjustment policies / Bilateral negotiations and multilateral trade : the case of Taiwan-U.S. trade talks / Economics and politics of rise policy in Japan : a perspective on the Uruguay Round / Anne O Krueger -- Aaron Tornell, Gerardo Esquivel -- Kym Anderson -- Junichi Goto, Koichi Hamada -- Shang-Jin Wei, Jeffrey A. Frankel -- Tamim Bayoumi, Barry Eichengreen -- Menzie D. Chinn, Michael Dooley -- Ippei Yamazawa -- Honggue Lee -- Chia Siow Yue -- Sung Hee Jwa -- Tain-Jy Chen, Meng-chun Liu -- Yujiro Hayami, Yoshihisa Godo.

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