Global trade negotiations have collapsed and globalization is widely criticized. This book presents a debate on whether global negotiations are suffering from globalization fatigue; whether East Asia's regional partnerships will advance the global trading system; and, whether the region's trade tensions with the US will intensify or subside.

"Challenges to the Global Trading System" is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asia-Pacific studies, international relations and development studies, as well as those with a more general interest in Asian studies.

Peter Petri and Sumner LaCroix, Introduction Challenges to the Global Trading System
Scholarly Papers
1. Supachai Panitchpakdi, The Challenge of Policy in the Era of Globalization
2. Douglas A. Irwin, Globalization Fatigue, Not Globalization Backlash
3. Yumiko Okamoto, The Emergence of 'Intra-Mediate' Trade: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
4. Yung Chul Park, Shujiro Urata, and Inkyo Cheong, Inha University, The Political Economy of the Proliferation of FTAs
5. Chad Bown and Rachel McCulloch, Welfare and the Political Economy of Trade in Developed Countries: U.S. Trade Policy Toward China
6. Erlinda Medalla, Does Trade Cause an Environmental Race to the Bottom: Another Look at the Issues
7. Justin Lin and Ying-Yi Tsai, What's New About Outsourcing?
8. Sumner La Croix and Denise Eby Konan, Is IP Protection Unfair to Developing Countries?
9. Rong-I Wu, Chyuan-Jenq Shiau and Professor Chi-Chen Chiang, Economic Interdependence and Security in the Asia-Pacific
Policy Perspectives
1. Mari Pangestu [TO COME, 2000 words]
2. Lisa Coen, "US Trade Strategy and the Asia-Pacific Region"
3. Geir Haarde, "Balancing Regional and Multilateral Commitments: the Case of Iceland"
4. Doug Bereuter, "Globalization and Politics"
Business Perspectives
1. Narongchai Akrasanee, "Globalization in the Cyber State"
2. Richard Rosenberg, "California: A Microcosm of Pacific Rim Trade Issues"
3. David McClain, "Globalization at the University of Hawaii"
4. Arthur Goldstein, "Competition and Fairness in the Execution of Globalization"
5. Eng Fong Pang, "International Opportunities and National Choices"
Academic Perspectives
1. Peter Drysdale, "Troubling Directions in Trade Negotiations"
2. Hugh Patrick, "Sustaining the Multilateral Trading System"
3. Peter A. Petri, "Adjustment, Compensation and Contingent Protection"
4. Hadi Soesastro, "First- and Second-order Adjustments to Globalization"
5. Kim Song Tan, "Managing Adjustments to Globalization"