WTO & East Asia; new perspectives

East Asia has huge potential for economic development in the 21st century. This has already lead to more active and substantial role for the region in the world trading system. Indead, with the current growth of China - it has already overtaken the UK to become the world's fourth-largest exporter - there is little doubt that, economically, the region will continue to power a head. As ever, it is the political and legal framework in the region that need to be entrenched and improved to underpin this growth. Korea and Japan are currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that would embrace comprehensive economic cooperation, and with China currently acting as the main driver of growth in the region, they are both currently enjoying significant recoveries. Already politicians are attempting to drive forward a free trade area in East Asia including not only China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong but also ASEAN countries. In this volume, experts on WTO and international trade John Jackson, Thomas Cottier, William Davey and Mitsuo Matsushita amongst others - from Asia, Europe and the United States examine various legal, economic and policyaspects of the multilaterals well as the with new perspectives on the basis of the East Asian experience.