APEC in the 21st Century

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v Contents Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations viii 1 APEC’s Achievements and Tasks 1 Ippei Yamazawa 2 APEC’s TILF Agenda: Progress and Future Directions 21 Chen-Sheng Ho 3 Economic and Technical Cooperation in APEC: 61 New Beginning or Revised Agenda? Medhi Krongkaew 4 Trading with Favourites: Free Trade Agreements in the 89 Asia-Pacific Christopher Findlay, Mohd Haflah Piei and Mari Pangestu 5 Preferential Trading Agreements in the Western 107 Hemisphere Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil 6 The Implications of China’s Accession to the WTO 150 Deepak Bhattasali and Masahiro Kawai vi 7 International Financial Flows and Regional Financial 188 Safeguards in East Asia Ramkishen S. Rajan 8 Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia 212 Masahiro Kawai and Shujiro Urata About the Contributors 301 vi Contents ...