MANUEL R. AGOSÍN Director, Centre of International Economics and Development and Director, Department of Economics, University of ChileJOAQUIM PINTO DE ANDRADE Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilMOHAMED ARIFF Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economics Research (MIER)FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ-VIGIL Professor, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Pacifico, (Lima, Peru)MIKIO KUWAYAMA Economic Affairs Officer, International Trade Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)MARIA LUIZA FALCÃO SILVA Professor, Department of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilTHOMAS TORRANCE Senior Lecturer in Economics, School of Management, Herriot-Watt University, EdinburghIPPEI YAMAZAWA Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, TokyoMAHANI ZAINAL-ABIDIN Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MalaysiaFRANCISCO ZAPATA Professor of Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico CityZHOU JIANMING Professor and Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: EVALUATION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES Overview; B.Stallings Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties; F.González-Vigil How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?; I.Yamazawa Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America; F.Zapata PART II: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Overview; N.Saavedra-Rivano The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy; M.R.Agosín Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment; M.L.F.Silva, J.P.de Andrade & T.S.Torrance Development Affinities in Regional Integration; N.Saavedra-Rivano Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective; M.Z.Abidin Economic Globalization: Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy; Zhou Jianming PART III: CROSS-PACIFIC COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION Overview; A.Hosono Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?; M.Ariff Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation; A.Hosono Perspectives on Trade Between Latin America and Asia-Pacific; M.Kuwayama Index

MANUEL R. AGOSÍN Director, Centre of International Economics and Development and Director, Department of Economics, University of ChileJOAQUIM PINTO DE ANDRADE Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilMOHAMED ARIFF Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economics Research (MIER)FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ-VIGIL Professor, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Pacifico, (Lima, Peru)MIKIO KUWAYAMA Economic Affairs Officer, International Trade Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)MARIA LUIZA FALCÃO SILVA Professor, Department of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilTHOMAS TORRANCE Senior Lecturer in Economics, School of Management, Herriot-Watt University, EdinburghIPPEI YAMAZAWA Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, TokyoMAHANI ZAINAL-ABIDIN Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MalaysiaFRANCISCO ZAPATA Professor of Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico CityZHOU JIANMING Professor and Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: EVALUATION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES Overview; B.Stallings Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties; F.González-Vigil How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?; I.Yamazawa Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America; F.Zapata PART II: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Overview; N.Saavedra-Rivano The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy; M.R.Agosín Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment; M.L.F.Silva, J.P.de Andrade & T.S.Torrance Development Affinities in Regional Integration; N.Saavedra-Rivano Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective; M.Z.Abidin Economic Globalization: Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy; Zhou Jianming PART III: CROSS-PACIFIC COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION Overview; A.Hosono Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?; M.Ariff Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation; A.Hosono Perspectives on Trade Between Latin America and Asia-Pacific; M.Kuwayama Index

MANUEL R. AGOSÍN Director, Centre of International Economics and Development and Director, Department of Economics, University of ChileJOAQUIM PINTO DE ANDRADE Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilMOHAMED ARIFF Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economics Research (MIER)FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ-VIGIL Professor, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Pacifico, (Lima, Peru)MIKIO KUWAYAMA Economic Affairs Officer, International Trade Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)MARIA LUIZA FALCÃO SILVA Professor, Department of Economics, University of Brasilia, BrazilTHOMAS TORRANCE Senior Lecturer in Economics, School of Management, Herriot-Watt University, EdinburghIPPEI YAMAZAWA Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University, TokyoMAHANI ZAINAL-ABIDIN Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of MalaysiaFRANCISCO ZAPATA Professor of Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico CityZHOU JIANMING Professor and Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: EVALUATION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES Overview; B.Stallings Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties; F.González-Vigil How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?; I.Yamazawa Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America; F.Zapata PART II: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Overview; N.Saavedra-Rivano The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy; M.R.Agosín Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment; M.L.F.Silva, J.P.de Andrade & T.S.Torrance Development Affinities in Regional Integration; N.Saavedra-Rivano Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective; M.Z.Abidin Economic Globalization: Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy; Zhou Jianming PART III: CROSS-PACIFIC COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION Overview; A.Hosono Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?; M.Ariff Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation; A.Hosono Perspectives on Trade Between Latin America and Asia-Pacific; M.Kuwayama Index