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

by Kurt W. Radtke, Marianne Wiesbron, Marianne Wiesebron

Overview

This study demonstrates why the global economy and global policies can only be understood by assigning equal importance to actors from different continents and international institutions. The contributors begin by examining the effects of reducing trade barriers through the WTO processes, and the implications for our understanding of market forces, the diminishing capacity of governments, consumer power, and the role of international agreements. They provide fascinating details on how the European Union and Japan develop their own strategies toward emerging Asian and Latin American states, quite separately from the United States.The focus then shifts toward integration processes in Latin America. The book concludes by attempting to make sense of the political principles underlying the complex economic policies of the main actors in today's global economy, focusing on development strategies offered by the World Bank.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315498836
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Kurt W. Radtke is Professor of Japanese and Chinese Studies at Waseda University, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Tokyo. Marianne L. Wiesebron is Assistant Professor of History at the

Table of Contents

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 NEOLIFFERALISM' S CRISIS? MERCOSUR/L AND LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION; WHO IS INTEGRATING WHOM? TRADE IN THE PERENNIAL NORTH-SOUTH CONFLICT