Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …

Introduction / Richard Pomfret -- Part I: Flying geese and NIEs -- A theory of unbalanced growth in the world economy … policy implications / Kiyoshi Kojima -- Economic development in East Asia : doing what comes naturally? / James Riedel … economic zones : a new motive force in Asia-Pacific development / Chia Siow Yue and Lee Tsao Yuan -- Sub-regional economic …