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That Chinese “juggernaut” – Should Europe Really Worry about its Trade Deficit with China?
China’s exchange-rate policy has been under attack in the last years, especially in the United States. Now the critique of Beijing’s policy is...
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Promoting Tokyo as an International Financial Center
Japan’s economic power is widely recognized worldwide—thanks to it being the worlds 2nd largest economy (US$4.3 trillion equivalent GDP in 2006)...
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Looking East: The European Union’s New Trade Negotiations in Asia
In late 2006, Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, announced a new EU policy on free trade agreements (FTAs). This is contained...
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Trade Policy in Asia
Trade policy in Asia is dangerously unbalanced. It rests on a shaky leg of discriminatory bilateral and regional FTAs. Its other WTO leg has gone...
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FTAs and the Prospects for Regional Integration in Asia
Trade policy in Asia has switched from non-discriminatory unilateral liberalisation, reinforced by GATT/WTO commitments, to discriminatory FTAs....