Competing for Integration : Japan, Europe, Latin America and Their Strategic Partners.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- European Perspectives -- The WTO, Governments and Global Business: Who Decides the Shape of International Trade Relations? -- Deepening of Multilateral Integration in the World Trade Organization -- The EU's New Strategies Towards Emerging Asia and Latin America -- Asian Perspectives -- The Political Economy of 'East Asian' Cooperation: Towards Better Regional and Global Governance -- Japan and Latin America -- An Assessment of the Impact of China's WTO Accession: A Comparative Perspective -- Latin American Perspectives -- Transformation in Latin America: Integration, Cooperation and Reforms -- Mercosur/l at Crossroads: Difficulties in the Integration Process or Neoliberalism's Crisis? -- Mercosur/l and Latin American Integration -- Who Is Integrating Whom? Trade in the Perennial North-South Conflict -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.

This study demonstrates that the global economy and global policies can only be understood by assigning equal importance to actors from different continents and international institutions.

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