Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) : challenges and tasks for the twenty-first century / edited by Ippei Yamazawa.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Yamazawa, Ippei, 1937-2018.

Conference Name:

Pacific Trade and Development Conference.

Series:

Pacific Trade and Development Conference series.

Pacific Trade and Development Conference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Organization)--Congresses.

Asian cooperation--Congresses.

Pacific Area cooperation--Congresses.

Pacific Area--Foreign economic relations--Congresses.

Asia--Foreign economic relations--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:* the history of APEC* APEC and the latest WTO round* case-studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan* APECs approach to competition and deregulation policy* assessment of APECs standing as an international institutionFeaturing contributions from distinguished groups of international academic experts, this book is ess

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction-APEC ideas and reality; 2 Macroeconomic interdependence in the APEC region; 3 Trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation; 4 APEC and the millennium round; 5 APEC's relationship with its sub-regional trading arrangements; 6 Liberalisation of manufacturing sectors; 7 Malaysia's telecommunications services; 8 Liberalisation of the rice sector in Japan, Korea and Taiwan; 9 Ecotech at the heart of APEC; 10 Competition and deregulation policy areas in APEC

11 Application of CGE modelling to analysis of environmental measures in APEC12 APEC as an international institution; 13 Summary and recommendations; Index

Notes:

Edited versions of 12 papers presented at a PAFTAD conference held in Osaka, June 16-18 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59033-698-4

1-134-53770-0

1-134-53771-9

1-280-28161-8

9786610281619

0-203-40238-3

OCLC:

62076283