Rong-I Wu and Yun-Peng Chu, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taipei and the Institute of Social Science and Philosophy, Academica Sineca, Taipei.

• 1 Introduction Part 1: Business and Markets 2 Business networks in East Asia: diversity and evolution 3 Markets, competition and restructuring in the 1990s 4 State intervention, ownership and state enterprise reform in China Part 2: Competition Policy 5 The evolution of competition policy: lessons from comparative experience 6 The convergence of competition law within APEC and the CER agreement 7 Competition policy in APEC: principles of harmonisation 8 Trade and competition policy 9 Competition regulation and policy in Thailand Part 3: Deregulation, Liberalisation and Privatisation 10 Policy approaches to economic deregulation and regulatory reform 11 Telecommunications and privatisation in Asia 12 Japan’s air transport policy at a crossroad 13 Power sector reform in Malaysia: privatisation and regulation 14 Liberalisation and privatisation of the Thai power sector: issues and perspectives 15 Summary of discussion