Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to set the context for those that follow. It is not a comprehensive survey of ‘current issues in trade policy’, nor is it an overview of the trade policies of the full range of Asia-Pacific economies.2 The sheer number and diversity of Asia-Pacific economies, and, for that matter, of current trade policy issues, would make either task infeasible except at the most superficial level. Rather, it begins from the following questions: why should the countries of the Asia-Pacific ‘region’ be contemplating closer regional co-operation; and what trade policy issues are germane to the trade-offs between more or less regional co-operation? This seems like the logical starting point of any discussion, and certainly much more logical than thinking deeply about the details of trade policy co-ordination in the context of any particular (actual or potential) regional trading arrangement. In addressing these questions I shall not only review what appear to be the key issues, but also refer to and contextualize later chapters in this volume.
Comments on the first draft of the chapter from conference participants, especially the chapter’s discussant, Kym Anderson, two anonymous referees and the editors, are gratefully acknowledged, as are comments from Chris Milner. This chapter draws upon work funded by the ESRC under its Asia-Pacific Programme; the author gratefully acknowledges ESRC support.
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Greenaway, D., Anderson, K. (1999). Current Issues in Trade Policy and the Pacific Rim. In: Piggott, J., Woodland, A. (eds) International Trade Policy and the Pacific Rim. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14543-0_1
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