Challenges to the Global Trading System - Adjustment to Globalization in the Asia-Pacific Region (Electronic book text)

In this book, the participants of the thirtieth Pacific Trade and Development Conference - including the then - Director General of the World Trade Organization, and leading government officials, academics and executives from a dozen major Pacific Rim economies - debate whether global negotiations have ended once and for all, or are suffering temporarily from 'globalization fatigue'; whether East Asia's new regional partnerships will advance or undermine the global trading system; and whether the region's trade tensions with the United States will intensify or subside. New empirical evidence explores: how trade affects the distribution of income; the location of pollution-intensive industries; the causes of 'outsourcing'; the structure of the intellectual property regime; and international security. Providing a wide-ranging perspective on the adjustment problems caused by trade, as well as strategies for managing these problems, "Challenges to the Global Trading System" is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asia-Pacific studies, international relations and development studies.