Despite abundant scepticism about their economic benefits, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated at a rapid pace. Policy diffusion models explain how different sets of preferential trade agreements are interconnected and establish under what conditions FTAs can work for or against the emergence of coherent regional blocs. INDICE: Explaining FTA Proliferation: A Policy Diffusion Framework; M.Solís ; S.N.Katada - PART I: THEMATIC CHAPTERS - Exclusion Fears and Competitive Regionalism in East Asia; S.Urata - Political-Security Competition and the FTA Movement: Motivations and Consequences; M.M.Mochizuki - Competitive Regionalism through Bilateral and Regional Rule Making: Standard Setting and Locking-In;J.Nakagawa - PART II: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE - The US as a Bilateral Player: The Impetus for Asymmetric Free Trade Agreements; C.Quiliconi ; C.Wise - Chile: A Pioneer in Trade Policy; B.Stallings - Competitive Regionalism and México's FTA Strategy; A.Flores-Quiroga - PART III: EAST ASIA - Singapore and ASEAN'sCompetitive Regionalism in Southeast Asia and Beyond; T.Terada - South Korea's FTAs: Moving from an Emulative to a Competitive Strategy; M.G.Koo - Japan's Competitive FTA Strategy: Commercial Opportunity versus Political Rivalry; M.Solis - China's Competitive FTA Strategy: Realism on a Liberal Slide; J.Yang - Conclusion: Free Trade Agreements in a Competitive World; B.Stallings ; S.N.Katada - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57778-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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