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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814809203321

Titolo

Regionalism and rivalry : Japan and the United States in Pacific Asia / / edited by Jeffrey A. Frankel and Miles Kahler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993

ISBN

1-281-22342-5

9786611223427

0-226-26024-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (486 p.)

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankelJeffrey A

KahlerMiles <1949->

Disciplina

337.52073

Soggetti

Investments, Japanese - East Asia

East Asia Economic integration Congresses

East Asia Foreign economic relations Japan Congresses

East Asia Foreign economic relations United States Congresses

Japan Foreign economic relations East Asia Congresses

Japan Foreign economic relations Southeast Asia Congresses

Southeast Asia Foreign economic relations Japan Congresses

Southeast Asia Foreign economic relations United States Congresses

United States Foreign economic relations East Asia Congresses

United States Foreign economic relations Southeast Asia Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held in Del Mar, California, April 2-5, 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The East Asian Trading Bloc: An Analytical History -- 2. Is Japan Creating a Yen Bloc in East Asia and the Pacific? -- 3. Pricing Strategies and Trading Blocs in East Asia -- 4. Trading Blocs and the Incentives to Protect: Implications for Japan and East Asia -- 5. Japanese Foreign Investment and the Creation of a Pacific Asian Region -- 6. Japan as a Regional Power in Asia -- 7. How to Succeed without Really Flying: The Japanese Aircraft Industry and Japan's Technology Ideology -- 8. Foreign Aid and Burden sharing: Is Japan Free Riding to a Coprosperity Sphere in Pacific



Asia? -- 9. U.S. Political Pressure and Economic Liberalization in East Asia -- 10. Domestic Politics and Regional Cooperation: The United States, Japan, and Pacific Money and Finance -- 11. National Security Aspects of United States-Japan Economic Relations in the Pacific Asian Region -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

As Japan's newfound economic power leads to increased political power, there is concern that Japan may be turning East Asia into a regional economic bloc to rival the U.S. and Europe. In Regionalism and Rivalry, leading economists and political scientists address this concern by looking at three central questions: Is Japan forming a trading bloc in Pacific Asia? Does Japan use foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia to achieve national goals? Does Japan possess the leadership qualities necessary for a nation assuming greater political responsibility in international affairs? The authors contend that although intraregional trade in East Asia is growing rapidly, a trade bloc is not necessarily forming. They show that the trade increase can be explained entirely by factors independent of discriminatory trading arrangements, such as the rapid growth of East Asian economies. Other chapters look in detail at cases of Japanese direct investment in Southeast Asia and find little evidence of attempts by Japan to use the power of its multinational corporations for political purposes. A third group of papers attempt to gauge Japan's leadership characteristics. They focus on Japan's "technology ideology," its contributions to international public goods, international monetary cooperation, and economic liberalization in East Asia.