This book includes up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America and East Asia. In many cases these efforts are compared with the EU, where integration has progressed much further. Some important questions are asked:...

"The first section of this excellent collection of articles places Mercosur in the larger context of new regional agreements and the transformations in multilateral trade arrangements associated with the Uruguay Round of GATT. Other sections address the specific nature and prospects of the...