Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : Challenges and Tasks for the Twenty First Century

ISBN-13: 9780415248051 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 352 str.

Ippei Yamazawa

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive account of APEC organization and examines the challenges APEC now faces at the beginning of the 21st century. Subjects covered include: the history of APEC; APEC and the new WTO round; and case studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan; APEC's approach to competition and deregulation policy; and assessment of APEC's standing as an international institution. Featuring contributions from distinguished international academic experts, this book should be useful reading for all those interested in political and economic developments in the Asia Pacific.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. Contributors. Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction - the APEC ideas and reality: history and prospects Ross Garnaut 2. Macroeconomic interdependence in the APEC region Akira Kihsaka 3. Trade and investment liberalisation and facilitiation Ippei Yamazumaw and Shujiro Urata 4. APEC and the millenium round Peter A. Petri 5. APEC's relationship with its sub-regional trading arrangements Mahani Zainal-Abidin 6. Liberalisation of manufacturing sectors: the automobile industry in China Ralph W. Huenemann 7. Malaysia's telecommunications services: liberalisation within APEC Sieh Lee Mei Ling and Loke Wai Heng 8. Liberalisation and the rice sector in Japan, Korea and Taiwan Tsu-Tan Fu . 9. Ecotech at the heart of APEC: capacity-building in the Asia Pacific Andrew Elek and Hadi Soesastro 10. Competition and deregulation policy areas in APEC Kerrin M. Vautier and P. J. Lloyd 11. Application of CGE modelling to analysis of environmental measures in APEC Kanemi Ban 12. APEC as an international institution Vinod K Aggarwal and Charles E Morrison 13. Summary and recommendations Ippei Yamazawa, Peter Drysdale and Hadi Soesastro Index.

O autorze

Ippei Yamazawa is Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, Japan and has published widely on the Asia Pacific economies.