We compare the structure of the financial sectors of the EU27, Japan and the United States, looking at a set of 23 … classified as market-based (MBEU) and the third group is more bank-based (BBEU). We compare US, MBEU, BBEU, Eastern EU and Japan …, MBEU countries are closer to the (market-based) US, while BBEU countries more closely resemble Japan. Paradoxically …

. The ultimate success of the negotiations largely depends on the attitudes of the USA, the EC and Japan. What are the main …

of the EC, the USA and Japan in international trade? How dependent are these three economic powers on the world market …The growing importance of Japan on the world market has brought with it changes in the international division of labour … and a shift in the focus of the expansion in world trade away from the EC and the USA. What factors determine the shares …