Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …

Asian economies and between Asia and the rest of the world. It pays special attention to the value-added relationships among … than the direct linkages. Finally, there is an increased tendency in Asia for both "near selling" of the value added in …