Whither APEC?: The Progress to Date and Agenda for the FuturePeterson Institute, 1997 - 250 pages Analyses various aspects of economic cooperation among 18 Pacific-Rim countries, members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Covers trends in the 1990s and gives projections to 2020. |
Contents
Prospects and Possible Strategies | 3 |
Other APEC Initiatives | 11 |
Assessing APEC Trade Liberalization | 21 |
Tables | 26 |
Measuring and Comparing Progress in APEC | 41 |
APEC and WTO in Trade Liberalization | 61 |
Can APEC Deliver on Investment? | 69 |
Open Regionalism | 83 |
APEC and Sustainable Development | 151 |
Whither APECs Ministers of Finance? Macroeconomic | 179 |
Membership and Participation in APEC | 199 |
Should APEC Address Security Issues? | 207 |
Whither APEC? | 227 |
A Business Perspective on APECs Progress | 235 |
A Summary | 241 |
Conference Contributors | 247 |
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