two recent bilateral FTAs pose immediate challenges to Taiwan firms: the EU-Korea FTA and the just completed US-Korea FTA.

The pursuit of regional integration in southeast Asiais conflicting with its long tradition of mutual non-interference.

Two competing paths to East Asian integration are emerging: one, symbolized by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), is a broad trans-Pacific vision; the other, more recent and still amorphous, is exclusive to East Asia itself, and symbolized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three process and negotiations....

This conference will consist of back-to-back sessions in which presenters and panelists will analyze trade and investment trends in East Asia and discuss the evolution of East Asian economic institutions, including APEC, the ASEAN Plus 3 process, and the East Asian Summit. These discussions will be based upon two chapters...

There are five broad trends leading to greater instability in the South China Sea in the coming years. These are the failure of UNCLOS--or the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea--a weakening of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), China's evolving South China Sea policy, Southeast Asian military modernization, and a hollowing out of the U.S. military.

This conference will examine Asian integration and efforts to create or strengthen regional economic, political, and security institutions. Will East Asian countries be able to build on largely bilateral trade and financial negotiations to construct regional political and security institutions? How will they reconcile or meld the overlapping activities of...

This conference will examine Asian integration and efforts to create or strengthen regional economic, political, and security institutions. Will East Asian countries be able to build on largely bilateral trade and financial negotiations to construct regional political and security institutions? How will they reconcile or meld the overlapping activities of...

This conference will examine Asian integration and efforts to create or strengthen regional economic, political, and security institutions. Will East Asian countries be able to build on largely bilateral trade and financial negotiations to construct regional political and security institutions? How will they reconcile or meld the overlapping activities of...