ACRONYMS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Chapter 1 Important Events of the Year and Theirlmpacts
1.1 The Impaas of japan's Earthquake and Radioactive Leakage on World Supply Chains
1.2 The Middle East Upheaval and lts Impact on the Asian Economies
1.3 The Debt Crisis in the US and Europe
Chapter 2 Foreign Trade lntegration in Asia
2.1 Recent Trends in Asian Trade
2.2 Trends of Trade in Asia: Strong Intra-regional Flows
2.3 Trade Dependence among the TPP Members
2.4 New Directions for China's Imports
2.5 Higher lnterde'pendence among Asian Neighbors
Chapter 3 Tourism and Trade in Services
3.1 Features of Asian Tourism
3.2 Asian Tourism: Destinations and Sources
3.3 Liberalization ofServices in the Asia-Pacific RTAs
Chapter 4 FinanciaI Transformation and Development in Asia
4.1 Equity Market Synchronization
4.2 The Progress of the RMB toward an International Currency
Chapter 5 Factory Asia Phenomenon
5.1 Development of the Asian Production Network
5.2 The Evolving Role of lndividual Economies and the Size of the Factory
5.3 Interdependence of Factory Asia
Appendix Chronological Dates of Economic Integration Agreements in Asia
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