1. APEC's achievements and tasks / Ippei Yamazawa -- 2. APEC's TILF agenda : progress and future directions / Cheng-Sheng Ho -- 3. Economic and technical cooperation in APEC : a new beginning or an old revised agenda? / Medhi Krongkaew -- 4. Trading with favourites : free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific / Christopher Findlay, Mohd Haflah Piei and Mari Pangestu -- 5. Preferential trading agreements in the western hemisphere / Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil -- 6. The implications of China's accession to the WTO / Deepak Bhattasali and Masahiro Kawai -- 7. International financial flows and regional financial safeguards in East Asia / Ramkishen S. Rajan -- 8. Trade and foreign direct investment in East Asia / Masahiro Kawai and Shujiro Urata
Summary
APEC is a unique organization that promotes economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. It remains an informal intergovernmental organization. Examines APEC's accomplishments in recent years and the challenges it faces in the new century
Analysis
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asia
Pacific Rim
International cooperation
Free trade
Foreign investment
International comparisons
Overseas item
International relations
Notes
"Initial versions of the chapters were first presented as papers at the APEC Roundtable on 8-9 June 2001 at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore"--Acknowledgements