The Asia Pacific region has, in a relatively short space of time, become the hub of the world economy while at the same time moving towards closer economic integration. This book contains a selection of the articles that have emerged from analysis of the region over the last 20 years.

The Asia Pacific region has, in a relatively short space of time, become the hub of the world economy while at the same time moving towards closer economic integration. This book contains a selection of the articles that have emerged from analysis of the region over the last 20 years. The articles represent and convey the central ideas of Asia Pacific regionalism and describe the main historical, theoretical and political developments that they have grown from. Sections break the Asia-Pacific region into smaller areas, including the Americas, to look at causes, effects, problems and solutions in each. Also included is a chapter on the importance of Chinese reforms in an international context. This is an appropriate text for both students and lecturers.

Asia Pacific regionalism - the issues, Ross Garnaut and Peter Drysdale
Part 1 Some developments in the theory of regionalism - worldwide regional integration - is there an optimal size of the integrated area?, Richard Cooper
trade intensities and the analysis of bilateral trade flows in a many-country world - a survey, Ross Garnaut and Peter Drysdale
international economic pluralism, Peter Drysdale
principles of Pacific economic integration, Peter Drysdale and Ross Garnaut
the impact of transaction costs on the direction of trade - empirical evidence for the Asia Pacific, Torsten Amelung. Part 2 The context of Asia Pacific regionalism: Pacific economic co-operation - the history of an idea, Hadi Soesastro
anatomy of regionalism, H.W. Arndt
origins of the Pacific community, summary proceedings - Pacific community seminar - the East Asian trading bloc - an analytical history, Peter A. Petri
is world trade becoming more regionalised, Kym Anderson and Hege Norheim. Part 3 Regionalism and multilateralism: regionalism and multilateralism - and overview, Jagdish Bhagwati
regionalism versus multilateralism - analytical notes, Paul Krugman
globalism and regionalism - compliments or competitors?, Soogil Young
regionalism and the world trading system, Lawrence H. Summers. Part 4 The idea of open regionalism: on Pacific economic integration, Ippei Yamazawa
trade policy options for the Asia Pacific in the 1990s - The potential of open regionalism, Andrew Elek
APEC and the world economy - a force for world-wide liberalization, C. Fred Bergsten. Part 5 An East Asian economic bloc?: Is Japan creating a Yen bloc in East Asia and the Pacific, Jeffrey A. Frankel
trading blocs and East Asia, Gary R. Saxonhouse
changing patterns or direct investment and the implications for trade and development, Shujiro Urata. Part 6 Regionalism in the Americas: implications of Nafta for US trade policy in the Pacific Basin, Jeffrey J. Schott and Gary C. Hufbauer
is the US bowing out of Asia? Peter A. Petri. Part 7 South East Asian Regionalism: the ASEAN free trade area - the search for common prosperity, Lee Tsao Yuan
the political economy of the ASEAN free trade area, Narongchai Akrasansee and David Stifel. Part 8 Australia and New Zealand - CER regionalism: the future of the CER Agreement - a single market for Australia and New Zealand, Peter Lloyd. Part 9 Sub regionalism in the Asia Pacific: Subregional economic zones in South East Asia, Chia Slow Yue and Lee Tsao Yuan
the economic integration of Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea with mainland China, Yun-Wing Sung
prospects of trade expansion in the SAARC regio, Margrat Ram Aggarwal, Posh Raj Pandey. Part 10 China - the region's emerging giant: China's reforms in international context, Ross Garnaut.