Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : challenges and tasks for the twenty-first century
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : challenges and tasks for the twenty-first century
(Pacific trade and development conference series)
Routledge, 2000
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) organisation and examines the challenges APEC now faces in the new century. Subjects covered include:
* the history of APEC
* APEC and the latest WTO round
* case-studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan
* APECs approach to competition and deregulation policy
* assessment of APECs standing as an international institution
Featuring contributions from distinguished groups of international academic experts, this book is essential reading for all those interested in political and economic developments in the Asia-Pacific.
Table of Contents
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.
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