José Briceño-Ruiz is Research Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones para América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico). Philippe De Lombaerde is Associate Professorat the NEOMA Business School, Rouen (France), and Associate Senior Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS, Bruges (Belgium).

• Introduction; 1. The Dynamics of Institutionalized Regionalism in the Pacific Rim: Comparisons, Connections and Interactions; 2. Chile: Asia-oriented Globalization versus Latin America-oriented Regionalism; 3. Relations with Asia in Peru’s Trade Agreements; 4. The Political Economy of Colombia’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 5. To Join or Not to Join the Pacific Alliance? Costa Rica and Panama in a Comparative Perspective; 6. The Long Shadow of NAFTA: An Economic Geography of Mexico’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 7. Canada and Transpacific Regionalism; 8. The Development of Japan’s Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific; 9. Changing Patterns in China’s Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy and its Involvement in Asia Pacific Economic Integration; 10. Understanding Singapore’s Trade Policy in the Pacific Rim; 11. Australia’s Asia-Pacific Regionalism; Conclusions

José Briceño-Ruiz is Research Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones para América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico). Philippe De Lombaerde is Associate Professorat the NEOMA Business School, Rouen (France), and Associate Senior Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS, Bruges (Belgium).

• Introduction; 1. The Dynamics of Institutionalized Regionalism in the Pacific Rim: Comparisons, Connections and Interactions; 2. Chile: Asia-oriented Globalization versus Latin America-oriented Regionalism; 3. Relations with Asia in Peru’s Trade Agreements; 4. The Political Economy of Colombia’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 5. To Join or Not to Join the Pacific Alliance? Costa Rica and Panama in a Comparative Perspective; 6. The Long Shadow of NAFTA: An Economic Geography of Mexico’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 7. Canada and Transpacific Regionalism; 8. The Development of Japan’s Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific; 9. Changing Patterns in China’s Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy and its Involvement in Asia Pacific Economic Integration; 10. Understanding Singapore’s Trade Policy in the Pacific Rim; 11. Australia’s Asia-Pacific Regionalism; Conclusions

José Briceño-Ruiz is Research Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones para América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico). Philippe De Lombaerde is Associate Professorat the NEOMA Business School, Rouen (France), and Associate Senior Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS, Bruges (Belgium).

• Introduction; 1. The Dynamics of Institutionalized Regionalism in the Pacific Rim: Comparisons, Connections and Interactions; 2. Chile: Asia-oriented Globalization versus Latin America-oriented Regionalism; 3. Relations with Asia in Peru’s Trade Agreements; 4. The Political Economy of Colombia’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 5. To Join or Not to Join the Pacific Alliance? Costa Rica and Panama in a Comparative Perspective; 6. The Long Shadow of NAFTA: An Economic Geography of Mexico’s Integration in the Pacific Rim; 7. Canada and Transpacific Regionalism; 8. The Development of Japan’s Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific; 9. Changing Patterns in China’s Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy and its Involvement in Asia Pacific Economic Integration; 10. Understanding Singapore’s Trade Policy in the Pacific Rim; 11. Australia’s Asia-Pacific Regionalism; Conclusions