China's rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.China has become a skilled practitioner of "commercial diplomacy", and as long as it continues to lead the way in regional integration, China's state-led...

For Indonesia, which is keen to accelerate its infrastructure development, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is seen as an opportunity to tap into China's huge financial resources and technological capability.There has however been no concrete BRI project agreed to between China and Indonesia so...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 1 Evolution of Canadian Postwar International Trade Policy -- 2 Reflections on the Canada-u.s. Free Trade Agreement in the Context of the Multilateral Trading System -- 3 Canada and the Ongoing...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: New Policy Challenges -- 1 Transboundary Ocean and Atmospheric Pollution in Southeast Asia: Prospects for Regional Cooperation -- 2 Managing the Environment in ASEAN: The Case of Extended Urban Regions -- 3 Managing...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction: Canada and Latin America -- Part One: Distant Neighbours -- 1 First Encounters -- 2 The Cold War: Diverging Paths -- 3 Ideological Pluralism: Cuba and the Dominican Republic -- Part Two: The Trudeau Years -- 4 New Approaches -- 5...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1: Systemic Factors and Canadian Federalism -- 1 The Role of Provinces in the Global Political Economy -- 2 International Pressures and Canadian Federalism -- 3 The Federal-Provincial Committee System on International Trade -- Part 2:...

The phrase 'New Normal' captures the ongoing shift in the pattern and drivers of China's economic growth. China's new growth rate is both slower and imposing difficult structural change. These new economic conditions are challenging yet offer opportunities for China and its economic partners....

Economists disagree on whether recent U.S. trade policies are harmful or helpful, but they all agree that there is a new trend toward focusing on results-oriented policies in specific markets and with particular trading partners. These twelve essays by leading international economists explore...

With the end of the Cold War, the search for a new international and economic order has begun. In this comprehensive account, Sylvia Ostry provides a critical analysis of an international trade system in the throes of rapid and far-reaching change. With keen historical awareness, Ostry examines...

The trade policies addressed in this book have far-reaching effects on the world's increasingly interdependent economies, but until now little research has been devoted to them. This volume represents the first systematic effort to analyze specific U.S. trade policies, particularly nontariff...