ABSTRACT

Trade liberalization has swept over developing countries over the past few decades and its results have been argued about for the last few years. This important new book presents useful insights into the experience of APEC countries that have gone through numerous liberalizing reforms in recent times. Students, researchers and readers generally int

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Setting the research agenda

chapter 1|24 pages

Characteristics of APEC trade liberalization

A comparative analysis with the WTO

chapter 3|16 pages

Analytical framework

part |2 pages

Part II The case studies

chapter 4|26 pages

Japan

The structure of complete objection

chapter 5|24 pages

The United States: linkage between domestic agreement and foreign disagreement S AT OSHI O YA N E

Linkage between domestic agreement and foreign disagreement

chapter 6|23 pages

Australia

The loss of regional vision

chapter 7|21 pages

Korea: trade policy to draw political support Y U TA K A ONISHI

Trade policy to draw political support

chapter 8|22 pages

Thailand

Cautious involvement as an ASEAN state

chapter 9|16 pages

Indonesia

A small fish in a big pond

part |2 pages

Part III Conclusion

chapter 10|22 pages

Conclusion