The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers for measures to help overcome Japan's economic...

Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...

Introduction -- Part I: Globalizing the Pacific Northwest through national defense -- Washington: the national security state within a state -- The evolving politics of defense and national security in Oregon -- Mark Hatfield and the new national security -- Part II: Globalizing the Pacific...

The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global economics and politics. Top scholars of international business address in this vital volume the markets, strategy implications, challenges and possibilities of this new economic...

Chapter One. The Elusive Economic Consensus over Brexit -- Chapter Two. The Fiscal Impact of Brexit -- Chapter Three. Brexit and Trade -- Chapter Four. Foreign Direct Investment -- Chapter Five. Regulation -- Chapter Six. Migration and the Labour Force -- Chapter Seven. Economic Growth and...