Trade Liberalization and APEC

| Compilation |
Jiro OKAMOTO Co-authored by Tatsushi Ogita |
| Publication |
Routledge |
| Publication date |
Feb,2004 |
| ISBN |
978-0-415-31806-8 |
Contents
PART I: Setting the research agenda
- 1.Characteristics of APEC trade liberalization: a comparative analysis with the WTO (Akiko Yanai)
- 2.The development of EVSL consultations and setting the research questions (Jiro Okamoto)
- 3.Analytical framework (Jiro Okamoto and Michael Wesley)
PART II: The case studies
- 4.Japan: the structure of complete objection (Tatsushi Ogata)
- 5.The United States: linkage between domestic agreement and foreign disagreement Satoshi Oyane)
- 6.Australia: the loss of regional vision (Michael Wesley)
- 7.Korea: trade policy to draw political support (Michael Wesley)
- 8.Thailand: cautious involvement as an ASEAN state (Fumio Nagai)
- 9.Indonesia: a small fish in a big pond (Hanafi Sofyan)
PART III: Conclusion
- 10.Conclusion (Jiro Okamoto)
- Appendix 1: APEC EVSL process - a consolidated chronology
- Appendix 2: APEC Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization SOM Chair Indicative Worksheet (as of 21 November 1997 )
- Appendix 3: Sectors for Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization - summary of scope of coverage (as of December 1998 )
- Appendix 4: Summary of reservations to the Kuching product coverage, target end rates and target end dates (as of 23 December 1998 )
- Bibliography
Index