Trade liberalization and APEC

Introduction / Jiro Okamoto -- 1. Characteristics of APEC trade liberalization : a comparative analysis with the WTO / Akiko Yanai -- 2. The development of EVSL consultations and setting the research questions / Jiro Okamoto -- 3. Analytical framework / Jiro Okamoto and Michael Wesley -- 4. Japan : the structure of complete object / Tatsushi Ogita -- 5. The United States : linkage between domestic agreement and foreign disagreement / Satoshi Oyane -- 6. Australia : the loss of regional vision / Michael Wesley -- 7. Korea : trade policy to draw political support / Yutaka Onishi -- 8. Thailand : cautious involvement as an ASEAN state / Fumio Nagai -- 9. Indonesia : a small fish in a big pond / Hanafi Sofyan -- 10. Conclusion / Jiro Okamoto -- App. 1. APEC EVSL process -- a consolidated chronology -- App. 2. APEC early voluntary sectoral liberalization SOM chair indicative worksheet (as of 21 November 1997) -- App. 3. Sectors for early voluntary sectoral liberalization -- summary of scope of coverage (as of December 1998) -- App. 4. Summary of reservations to the Kuching product coverage, target end rates and target end dates (as of 23 December 1998)