DAISAKE HIRATSUKA is Director of the Regional Integration Studies Group and Director of the APEC Studies Centre at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO. He serves as Visiting Professor of Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He has been Co-ordinator of the research project entitled Challenges for East Asia since 2003, and presented many papers and lectures related to regionalization and regionalism in East Asia.

• Introduction: East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration; M.Fouquin, D.Hiratsuka & F.Kimura The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and Its Implications for FTAs; F.Kimura Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration; P.Ecochard, L.Fontagné, G.Gaulier & S.Zignago Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia; I.Kuroiwa Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia; D.Hiratsuka China's Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing; G.Gaulier, F.Lemoine & D.Ünal-Kesenci Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: A Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry; D.Hiratsuka A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?; M.Freudenberg & T.Paulmier Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model MIRAGE; M.Fouquin

DAISAKE HIRATSUKA is Director of the Regional Integration Studies Group and Director of the APEC Studies Centre at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO. He serves as Visiting Professor of Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He has been Co-ordinator of the research project entitled Challenges for East Asia since 2003, and presented many papers and lectures related to regionalization and regionalism in East Asia.

• Introduction: East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration; M.Fouquin, D.Hiratsuka & F.Kimura The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and Its Implications for FTAs; F.Kimura Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration; P.Ecochard, L.Fontagné, G.Gaulier & S.Zignago Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia; I.Kuroiwa Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia; D.Hiratsuka China's Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing; G.Gaulier, F.Lemoine & D.Ünal-Kesenci Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: A Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry; D.Hiratsuka A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?; M.Freudenberg & T.Paulmier Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model MIRAGE; M.Fouquin

DAISAKE HIRATSUKA is Director of the Regional Integration Studies Group and Director of the APEC Studies Centre at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO. He serves as Visiting Professor of Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He has been Co-ordinator of the research project entitled Challenges for East Asia since 2003, and presented many papers and lectures related to regionalization and regionalism in East Asia.

• Introduction: East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration; M.Fouquin, D.Hiratsuka & F.Kimura The Development of Fragmentation in East Asia and Its Implications for FTAs; F.Kimura Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration; P.Ecochard, L.Fontagné, G.Gaulier & S.Zignago Production Networks and Spatial Linkages in East Asia; I.Kuroiwa Catching Up of Manufacturing Cum De Facto Economic Integration in East Asia; D.Hiratsuka China's Specialization in East Asian Production Sharing; G.Gaulier, F.Lemoine & D.Ünal-Kesenci Vertical Intra-Regional Production Networks in East Asia: A Case Study of the Hard Disc Drive Industry; D.Hiratsuka A Comparison of De Jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?; M.Freudenberg & T.Paulmier Regionalization in East Asia: Simulations Using a CGE Model MIRAGE; M.Fouquin