Partners or Competitors?: The Prospects for U.S.-European Cooperation on Asian Trade

The ongoing Asian financial crisis has graphically demonstrated the shared western stake in the Asian economy as the United States and Europe face falling exports to Asia and rising imports from the region. This text offers a blueprint for transatlantic teamwork in the Pacific. The authors provide cogent analyses of a range of important cases, from electronic commerce to autos, from anti-trust policy to the protection of intellectual property. Tracing the history of self-defeating competition in the region, they explore both the opportunities and limitations of collaboration in today's rapidly evolving international trade environment.

Table of Contents:
chapter 1 Introduction: The Logic of Great Power Trade Policy Cooperation in Asia Part 2 Sectoral Issues Chapter 3 Completing the Circuit: A Transatlantic Initiative in Informtion Technology Chapter 4 Charting Cyberspace: A US/European/Japanese Blueprint for Electronic Commerce Chapter 5 New Rules of the Roadin the Automobile and Auto Parts Industries Part 6 Cross-Sectoral Issues Chapter 7 Trust Busting in Asia Chapter 8 Piracy Protection in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 9 Taming the Dragon: Integrating China into the Global Trading System Chapter 10 Green Labeling: The Limits of a Transatlantic Approach Chapter 11 Conclusion: The Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation on Asian Trade

About the Author :
Richard H. Steinberg is acting professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and senior research fellow at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) at the University of California, Berkeley. Bruce Stokes is a senior fellow and director of trade programs at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Review :
The editors and contributors have tackled a key transatlantic trade-policy question: Why is it the United States and European Union do not have a more coordinated trade policy with respect to Asia? This comprehensive study is a must for anyone wanting an answer. Partners or Competitors? provides the first blueprint for transatlantic teamwork in the Pacific at this critical juncture. A thorough analysis of the vast opportunities, but also of the difficulties and frictions in European-American relations. It examines with great insight the impact of the relationship on the prospect for future trade liberalization with Asia. . . . The book also gives the most up-to-date review of transatlantic cooperation in a growingly interdependent world.