Global Trading Arrangements in Transition

Edited by the late Christos C. Paraskevopoulos, formerly Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, York University, Canada and President, Athenian Policy Forum Inc., Canada

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Trade Theory, Policy and Welfare 1. Economic and Financial Integration 2. Implications of NAFTA on the Trade of US Economies 3. Welfare Effects of the Completion of the Single European Market 4. NAFTA, The EU and Agricultural Trade 5. The State of the Welfare State in the EU, Anno 1992 6. Economic Integration and Regional Economic Convergence in NAFTA and the EU Part II: Impact of Economic Integration on Industrial Organization 7. The Role of Small and Entrepreneurial Firms in Achieving Economic Integration during the Transition from Command to Market-based Economies 8. Trade Liberalization in Eastern European Countries and the Prospects of their Integration into the World Trading System 9. Long-run and Short-run Effects of Economic Integration on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment 10. Japanese Manufacturing FDI’s in Europe 11. Tendencies and Idiosyncrasies of European Trading Partners Part III: Lessons from the Case of Mexico 12. The Growing Anti-immigrant Debate in the North American Region and its Impact on Mexico 13. NAFTA and Mexico 14. Successful Integration and Economic Distress 15. Economic Integration, Exchange Rate and Competitiveness