In an analysis of future U.S. trade and investment relations with key Asian countries, contributors to this volume discuss U.S. relations with Korea, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the ASEAN countries. The same issues are also considered from the perspective of each Asian country. The authors explore how the new regime established under the World Trade Organization will affect the conduct of international trade.
Claude E. Barfield is a resident scholar at AEI and the director of trade and technology policy studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Claude E. Barfield
Trade, Investment, and Emerging U.S. Policies for Asia: Claude E. Barfield
Building a New U.S.-Japan Relationship in Asia: Masaru Yoshitomi
U.S.-China Trade to the Year 2000: Guocang Huan
Korean-U.S. Economic Relations under the New Global Order: Il SaKong and Taeho Bark
Taiwan's New Growth Pattern of Shifting Dependency: Yu-Shan Wu
U.S.-ASEAN Trade and Investment in Pacific Perspective: Linda Y. C. Lim
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