Since the 1990s, China has coordinated its economic expansion with strategic, political, and foreign policy objectives. Through bilateral trade agreements, World Trade Organization accession in 2001, greater involvement in regional institutions like the ASEAN Plus Three, and numerous soft-power initiatives, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has embarked upon what...

Over the past two decades, the United States has increasingly balanced its prime commitment to the multilateral trading system and the GATT/WTO with supplemental negotiations for regional trade agreements and bilateral agreements with nations around the entire trading world. Under the George W. Bush administration, this multidimensional approach—“competitive liberalization,” as...

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...