Buckley, P. Ross; Hu, Weixing Richard; Arner, W. Douglas --- "East Asian Economic Integration" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011) [2011] ELECD 458

Editor(s): Buckley, P. Ross; Hu, Weixing Richard; Arner, W. Douglas

Title: East Asian Economic Integration

Sub-title: Law, Trade and Finance

Series: Asian Commercial, Financial and Economic Law and Policy series

Topics: Asian Economics; Asian Law; International Economics; International Economic Law, Trade Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 June 2011

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849808682

EISBN: 9781849808699

Abstract/Description:

This book analyses recent developments and likely future paths for trade and financial integration in East Asia. It suggests a more coherent, balanced way forward for regional economic integration and analyses implications for institution building in East Asia.

East Asia has achieved a high degree of intra-regional trade, investment and GDP correlation, through an expanding web of free trade agreements and production networks. However, financially, most regional economies are linked more closely to North America and Europe than to each other. As trade integration has accelerated, financial and monetary integration has not kept pace. East Asian Economic Integration analyses potential reasons and remedies for this phenomenon through a multidisciplinary framework of law, politics and economics.

This comprehensive book will appeal to researchers and students in political science, international relations, trade law, international finance law, and regional studies generally. It will also be of great interest to regional policy makers.