Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

<p>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:<br>* the history of APEC<br>* APEC and the latest WTO round<br>* case-studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan<br>* APECs approach to competition and deregulation policy<br>* assessment of APECs standing as an international institution<br>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.</p> 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.