Partners or Competitors? The Prospects for U.S.-European Cooperation on Asian Trade

by Steinberg, Richard H.; Stokes, Bruce; Bar, François; Borrus, Michael G.; Callan, Bénédicte; Cohen, Stephen S.; Howell, Thomas R.; Murase, Emily M.; Ruigrok, Winfried; Salzman, Jim; Tulder, Rob Van; Wolff, Alan Wm.

• ISBN13: 9780847693221
• ISBN10: 0847693228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-15
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The ongoing Asian financial crisis has graphically demonstrated the shared Western stake in the Asian economy as the United States and Europe face falling exports to Asia and rising imports from the region. In 1998 alone, both the European and U.S. trade imbalances with Asia could grow by more than $50 billion each. To avoid a protectionist backlash at home and to ensure greater openness in Asian markets, Washington and Brussels have little choice but to work more closely together to meet the Asian challenge. Partners or Competitors? provides the first blueprint for transatlantic teamwork in the Pacific at this critical juncture.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Exploring the Prospects for Transatlantic Trade Policy Cooperation in Asia	p. 1
Sectoral Issues
Completing the Circuit: The Transatlantic Initiative in Information Technology	p. 21
Charting Cyberspace: A U.S.-European-Japanese Blueprint for Electronic Commerce	p. 39
A Two-Way Street in Asia: EU-U.S. Trade Cooperation in the Automobile and Auto Parts Industries	p. 65
Cross-Sectoral Issues
Trust-Busting in Asia: Trade Policy at the Newest Frontier	p. 105
Piracy Protection in the Twenty-first Century	p. 137
Taming the Dragon: Integrating China into the Global Trading System	p. 177
Green Labeling: The Limits of a Transatlantic Approach	p. 193
Conclusion
The Prospects for Partnership: Overcoming Obstacles to Transatlantic Trade Policy Cooperation in Asia	p. 213
Index	p. 251
About the Contributors	p. 261
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