"This book analyzes the economic performance of the EU in the first five years after its largest expansion in 2004. Accession and integration were expected to foster growth and convergence among the new Member States through intensified trade, foreign direct investment, financial deepening and...

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...

China has targeted Myanmar's resources to enhance and provide resources for its economic growth. Myanmar's proximity and pariah status (before 2010) made it both feasible and convenient for this purpose. Chinese investment in Myanmar intensified in the mid-2000s and has continued to increase....

During the colonial period, Laos welcomed the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, communities that almost disappeared after the communist forces seized power in Laos in 1975. Yet, this landlocked country shares a long history with China and even experienced a Golden Age...

1 Introduction -- 2 -- The Korea–EU Free Trade Agreement versus the Japan–EU Economic Partnership Agreement -- 3 The Korea–EU Trade Structure and Effects of Free Trade Agreement with Reduction in Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures -- 4 -- A Discussion of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership...

1. Introduction -- 2. Global Supply-Chain Network -- 3. Japanese Supply-Chain Network -- 4. Traditional Industry in Kyoto -- 5. Resource Flows and Stocks in the Global Economy -- 6. Global Ownership Network -- 7. Japanese Ownership Network -- 8. Global Value Added Network -- 9. Profit Shifting...

Chapter 1: background and evolving features of Sino-African relationship -- Chapter 2: founding of Sino-African Cooperation Forum and the new era of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 3: global impact and future direction of Sino-African cooperation -- Chapter 4: the stage evolution of the...