Title: Trade blocs? : the future of regional integration /
Authors: Cable, Vincent.; Henderson, David, 1927-2018; Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Publisher: Royal Institute of International Affairs ; distributed by the Brookings Institute,
Year: 1994
Subjects: International economic integration.; Trade blocs.; International cooperation; Monetary unions.; Regionalism
Abstract: Regionalism has gained a new prominence with the creation of the NAFTA and APEC and the enlargement and deepening of the EC. Divergent views fuel the debate over whether regional integration is beneficial and whether it advances or slows global integration through GATT. Trade Blocs? sets forth the latest thinking about regionalism. Alasdair Smith summarizes strategic trade theory applicable to regional integration, focusing on imperfect competition and growth. Jim Rollo addresses enlargement in relation to the newly liberalizing economies of Eastern Europe. Masami Yoshida, Ichiro Akimune, Masayuki Mohara and Kimitoshi Sato trace Asian regionalism, which works despite the absence of formal intergovernmental structures.
Contents: The principles and practice of regional economic integration / Alasdair Smith -- The EC, European integration and the world trading system / J.M.C. Rollo -- Regional economic integration in East Asia : special features and policy implications / Masami Yoshida ... [et al.] -- Regional integration and multinational production / Stephen Thomsen -- Competition, integration and regulation in EC capital markets / Benn Steil -- European monetary integration and prospects for monetary union / David Currie and John Whitley -- Putting 'trade blocs' into perspective / David Henderson.