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A comprehensive collection of research papers, this annual from the Centre for Trade Development New Delhi discusses the debates on development impacts of trade through rigorous policy research and analysis. Reflecting South Asian perspectives on multilateral and regional trade negotiations, this yearbook examines the challenges the region, and especially India, is facing as it grows economically. This invaluable volume provides policy suggestions for trade negotiators and gives policy makers, as well as business and civil society groups, an opportunity to reflect on the potential of South Asia.

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Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism, and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and English figures. It contrasts the traditions and aspirations of rival trading companies and religious orders in the Renaissance era, describing the cultural politics of European contact with countries from Siam to Japan.

The book comprises a series of essays written by international scholars, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of religious, cultural, political, and economic exchange. Subjects under scrutiny include Dutch methods of globalisation, the Jesuits’ attempts to introduce European culture into China, the part played by the Far East in the English imagination, and the documentary resources available to chroniclers who recorded the journeys of their countrymen. Collectively, the essays establish the importance of Asia as a place of aspiration and experience in the early modern period. ... Read more

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East Asian countries – currently the most dynamic region of the global economy – have recently pursued trade liberalization through the adoption of various forms of bilateral and plurilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The book explores the key issues and possible outcomes arising from this departure from the region’s traditional multilateral approach to trade liberalization. Implications of this new approach for the region as a whole, and key participating individual economies and blocs of economies, are emphasized. ... Read more

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The 1990s brought a great deal of talk among East Asian nations about regional co-operation on trade, investment and exchange rates. Since an exclusive regionalism could run counter to American economic interests, the US government has reacted negatively to some of these proposals. This study explores what is happening to regional trade and investment flows and what sort of regional arrangements are the most sensible. While something new and interesting is happening among East Asian nations, Lincoln argues that an exclusivist grouping is unlikely. Free trade negotiations have brought some economies in the region together, but also linkages outside the region. Some governments in the region, most notably Japan, continue to have difficulty embracing the concept of free trade even with favoured regional partners. In the wake of the Asian financial crisis, governments have also talked about exchange rate co-operation, but have done little.Because trade and investment linkages across the Pacific to the United States remain very strong, Lincoln argues that the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum will likely remain the appropriate institution for pursuing regional trade and investment issues. ... Read more

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This book focuses on the political and commercial relations between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Vietnamese kingdom of Tonkin from 1637 until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The VOC exported silk and silk piece-goods from Tonkin to Japan. The author focuses on various aspects of the mutual relationship between the VOC and Tonkin, and how this fitted into the larger picture of the intra-Asian trade. The book reveals the vicissitudes in political relations, and the varying trends in the VOCs import (silver and copper) and export (silk, ceramics, musk, and gold). While examining a great deal of detailed archival materials, the author evaluates Dutch influence on Tonkins feudal society and economy. The book also offers a fascinating sketch of how the Vietnamese trading elite maximized their own profits by dealing with various western tradesmen, including the English and French. ... Read more

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This title tells the story of the partnership between the Irish Navy, Enterprise Ireland, Irish businesses and the Irish community in Asia. Celebrating the voyage of L.E. Niamh to China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong, the book presents personal accounts of the voyage from the crew and officers, as well as highlights from some of the business people taking part in the trade mission. Venturing further than any Irish naval vessel has ever been, L.E. Niamh became the first Irish naval vessel to travel east of the Suez Canal and is also the first to cross the equator, which the crew duly marked with relevant ceremony. L.E. Niamh travelled 23,000 miles in 100 days, visited 14 ports and hosted over 10,000 visitors. In this book, the captain, Gerard O'Flynn, the crew, and other organizations involved, tell the story of a diplomatic, business and logistical success story. Containing photographs, personal accounts and naval detail, the book offers an account of a historic goodwill and trade mission. ... Read more

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This work looks at economic policy reform with a view to boosting export performance in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. It brings together economists and political scientists to explain the diverse experiences. ... Read more

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This book examines the importance of the Pacific region to the Malaysian economy. Particular emphasis is placed on the contributions of the Pacific to Malaysia's trade expansion and industrial development through foreign investment. The book also traces the trends in the Pacific, discusses the possible impact of such trends on the Malaysian economy in the years ahead, and draws policy implications for the 1990s and beyond. ... Read more

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This book discusses the future of Asian currencies in a changing monetary system assessing the roles of the dollar, Euro and yen, particularly in light of the emergence of a European monetary zone. ... Read more

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This book examines India's export performance and export policies in the 1960s. The author analyses the causal factors underlying the trends in exports and evaluates the government policies which affected them. This authoritative work will be of interest to all those concerned with Indian economic problems, international trade and development economics. ... Read more

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This report assesses the "Washington Consensus" on liberalizing markets in pursuit of sustained economic growth. In 1997, the "Asian Economic Miracle," thirty years of rapid growth and low inflation, ended abruptly with runs on Southeast Asian currencies and a massive flight of capital, precipitating deep economic recessions. Meanwhile, the countries of Southeast Europe had been struggling to reconstruct market economies out of the shreds left by socialist economies, their efforts complicated by civil strife or war.

Both regions had been urged by international organizations to adopt a package of policies, often called the Washington Consensus, of opening domestic markets, freeing trade, and opening domestic capital markets to free movements of international capital. Did the crisis in Southeast Asia, and related crises in Russia and Latin America, call into question that advice?

To address that question and study creation of sustained growth, the September 17-18 1998 conference at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars examined these two regions. Panels reviewed the roles of international institutions, central banks, and currency boards; fixing of exchange rates; opportunities and problems of foreign investment; U.S. policy and the international institutions; and financial globalization. Participants included officials from international financial institutions, national banks from the regions, and the United States, as well as economists, historians, and researchers.

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This work proposes a new American economic community as a response to the rise of the European Community and the increasing domination of the Asian market by Japan. The author develops a strategy and structure for such an American community--including North, Central, and South America--which would represent the largest economic market in the world. He proposes a massive free trade zone including all of the Western Hemisphere, which would not only revitalize the economic position of the United States but would raise the standards of living of all nations in this hemisphere. ... Read more

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This report provides a comparative study of the impact of Asian companies on the two leading oil producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and Angola. It considers why the Chinese oil strategy has been so successful to the detriment of other national and international oil companies. China's experience is compared with those of India, South Korea, and Japan.