Competing for integration : Japan, Europe, Latin America, and their strategic partners / Kurt W. Radtke and Marianne Wiesebron, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Radtke, Kurt W. (Kurt Werner), 1945-

Wiesebron, Marianne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Economic integration.

Latin America.

East Asia--Economic integration.

East Asia.

Europe--Economic integration.

Europe.

Regionalism (International organization).

Trade blocs.

Physical Description:

xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

This study demonstrates why the global economy and global policies can only be understood by assigning equal importance to actors from different continents and international institutions. The contributors begin by examining the effects of reducing trade barriers through the WTO processes, and the implications for our understanding of market forces, the diminishing capacity of governments, consumer power, and the role of international agreements. They provide fascinating details on how the European Union and Japan develop their own strategies toward emerging Asian and Latin American states, quite separately from the United States.

The focus then shifts toward integration processes in Latin America. The book concludes by attempting to make sense of the political principles underlying the complex economic policies of the main actors in today's global economy, focusing on development strategies offered by the World Bank.

Contents:

European Perspectives

The WTO, Governments and Global Business: Who Decides the Shape of International Trade Relations? / Raymond Feddema

Deepening of Multilateral Integration in the World Trade Organization / Gerrit Faber

The Eu's new Strategies towards emerging Asia and Latin America / Pitou van Dijck

Asian Perspectives

The Political Economy of 'East Asian' Cooperation: Towards Better Regional and Global Governance / Tsutomu Kikuchi

Japan and Latin America / Mitsuhiro Kagami

An Assessment of the Impact of China's WTO Accession: A Comparative Perspective / Yang Zerui

Latin American Perspectives

Transformation in Latin America: Integration, Cooperation and Reforms / Marianne L. Wiesebron

Mercosur/1 at Crossroads: Difficulties In the Integration Process or Neoliberalism's Crisis? / Paulo G. F. Vizentini

Mercosur/1 and Latin American Integration / Paul Cammack

Who is integrating whom? Trade in the Perennial North-South Conflict / Marianne L. Wiesebron.

Notes:

"An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-257) and index.

ISBN:

0765609622

OCLC:

49225469