Synopses & Reviews
The recent proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Asia-Pacific is arguably the most important development in the region's international trade agreements in recent years. This book presents a comprehensive study of the main causes, consequences and nature of the Asia-Pacific's new FTA trend, as well as its implications for the global economy. It explores the FTA policies of the region's trade powers and offers new conceptual and theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic bilateralism and regionalism, in particular whether intensifying FTA bilateralism may lead to the development of 'lattice regionalism' in the Asia-Pacific.
Synopsis
This book studies the main causes, consequences and nature of the Asia-Pacific's new free trade agreement (FTA) trend, and its implications for the global economy. It explores the FTA policies of the region's trade powers and offers conceptual and theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic bilateralism and regionalism.
Synopsis
This book examines the recent developments in the Asia-Pacific trade agreements, specifically the rapid proliferation of free trade agreements in the region.
About the Author
CHRISTOPHER M. DENT is Senior Lecturer in the East Asian Economy in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of
Asia-Pacific Economic and Security Co-operation;
The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan;
Northeast Asian Regionalism: Learning from the European Experience;
The European Union and East Asia: An Economic Relationship and
The European Economy: The Global Context.
Table of Contents
Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Introduction * Asia-Pacific FTAs: Country Profiles * FTA Project Case Studies * New FTAs in the Asia-Pacific: Towards Lattice Regionalism?