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This book explores the implications of the Uruguay Round for East Asian economies.
List of contents
Foreword; 1. East Asian trade and the new world trade order David Robertson; Part I. World Trade after the Uruguay Round: 2. Outlook for the world trading system beyond the Uruguay Round Kym Amderson; 3. The new world trade order and OECDGeoff Raby; 4. The Multifibre Arrangement in practice: challenging the competitive framework Kala Krishna and Ling Hui Tang; 5. Financial deregulation and trade expansion Suiwah Leung; Part II. Modelling the Uruguay Round Outcome: 6. The Uruguay Round: a global general equilibrium assessment Joseph Francois, Bradley McDonald and Hakan NORDSTRÖm; 7. A general equilibrium assessment of the Uruguay Round with trade-related externalities Yongzheng Yang; 8. A review of Uruguay Round modelling Will Martin; Part III. Trade Issues for East Asia: 9. What the Uruguay Round means for East Asia Gary P. Sampson; 10. What the Uruguay Round means: the case of Australia Graeme Thomson; 11. Competition policies as irritants to East Asian trade J. David Richardson; 12. Japan's trade and investment in East Asia Masahiro Kawai; 13. China: export growth and enterprise reform Frances Perkins; 14. Globalisation, East Asian trade and the Uruguay Round David Robertson; 15. An APEC postscript David Robertson; Bibliography.
Summary
This volume examines how the Uruguay Round agreement of 1994 will impinge on economic development and policies in East Asia. Taking into account the increasing significance of these countries in the global economy, it focuses on what the negotiations mean for East Asia and the West Pacific region.
