Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Authors and Their Affiliations -- Overview -- Why Push Integration Now? -- Context: Recent Trends in Trade -- Widening Opportunities in Trade Arrangements -- China's Role in the Region -- What WTO Accession Means for China: Sectoral Shifts -- What WTO Accession Means for China: Ways of Doing Business -- What WTO Accession Means for the Rest of East Asia: On Balance, More Opportunity -- Regional Interdependence -- Scope for Gains from Regionalism -- Making East Asian Arrangements a Stepping-stone to Global Integration -- Expanding Market Access Globally -- Trade in Textiles and Clothing -- Agricultural and Rural-Based Trade -- Development Orientation for a Behind-the-Border Agenda -- Technical Barriers and Standards: Balancing Trade with Consumer Interests -- Transport and Logistics -- Services Sector Liberalization -- Investment and Competition Policies -- Intellectual Property Rights: Nurturing Domestic Innovation -- Environment and Labor Standards -- Reinforcing Social Stability through Broad Sharing of Benefits -- Impact of Trade Reforms on Households -- Sectors Important to Social Stability: Specific Micro Interventions -- Trade and Stability -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- PART 1 Widening Opportunities in Trade Arrangements -- 1 China's Accession to the WTO: Impacts on China -- Introduction -- Policy Reforms Associated with Accession -- Nondiscrimination -- Market Opening -- Transparency and Predictability -- Undistorted Trade -- Preferential Treatment for Developing Countries -- Intellectual Property Rights -- Sectoral Impacts of Accession -- Agriculture -- Industrial Products -- Motor Vehicles -- Policy Concerns -- Services -- Restrictions on Service Activities -- Logistics -- Telecommunications -- Financial Services -- Impacts of Reforms on the Economy.

Exports -- Imports -- Employment -- Welfare Gains -- Effects of WTO Accession at the Household Level -- Effects on Rural and Urban Households -- Effects on Poverty -- Social Protection -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- 2 Regional Impact of China's Accession to the WTO -- Introduction -- Channels of Impact -- Increased Access to China's Domestic Markets -- Increased Imports from China -- Increased Competition in Third-Country Markets -- Shifts in Investment Patterns -- Impact of WTO Accession on Newly Industrializing East Asia and Japan -- Impact of WTO Accession on the Middle-Income Developing Countries of East Asia -- Indonesia -- Malaysia -- The Philippines -- Thailand -- Impact of WTO Accession on the Low-Income Countries of East Asia -- Cambodia -- Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Vietnam -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- 3 New Regionalism: Options for East Asia -- Introduction -- Reasons for New Regionalism -- Organization of This Chapter -- Regional Trade Agreements in East Asia -- ASEAN Free Trade Area -- Proposed Regional Arrangements Involving China -- Other ASEAN Proposals -- Regional Financial Cooperation -- Costs and Benefits of Economic Regionalism -- Free Trade or a Bloc-ed Up World? -- Distribution of Benefits: Hubs and Spokes -- Assessing the Alternatives -- ASEAN and China -- ASEAN-China Economic Relations -- Proposed ASEAN-China Free Trade Area: The Goals and Means to Achieve Them -- Conclusions: The Way Forward -- Endnotes -- References -- 4 Market Access Barriers and Poverty in Developing East Asia -- Introduction -- Products and Markets of Export Interest to the Poor -- Agricultural and Agroprocessed Exports -- Markets for the Key Agroproducts -- Market Access Barriers -- Domestic Support -- Tariff Barriers -- Tariff Escalation -- Preferential Rates -- Nontariff Measures -- Conclusions -- Endnotes.

References -- PART 2 Development Orientation for a Behind-the-Border Agenda -- 5 Trade and Logistics: An East Asian Perspective -- Introduction -- Trade and Logistics Nexus -- Country Group Perspective -- Group 1: Outward-Oriented, Highly Accessible -- Group 2: Outward-Oriented, Accessible -- Group 3: Less Open and Accessible -- Remote Regions within Countries -- Benefits from Improved Logistics -- Reduced "Wedge" between Consumer and Producer Prices -- Insurance against Regional Price Fluctuations -- Reduced Inventory Costs -- More Developed Markets -- Moving Up the Value Chain -- Regional Transport and Logistics Issues -- Maritime Issues -- Multimodal Transport -- Ports and Land Access -- Air Freight -- Policy Recommendations -- Domestic Integration -- Private Sector -- Regulatory Environment -- Transport -- Cross-Border Facilitation -- Urban Land Use and Management -- Security -- Regional Cooperation -- Endnotes -- References -- 6 Protecting Industrial Inventions, Authors' Rights, and Traditional Knowledge: Relevance, Lessons, and Unresolved Issues -- Introduction -- Did Korea's Stronger Patent Laws Contribute to Its Success in Foreign Patenting? -- Factors Contributing to the Rise in Korean Patenting -- Fertile Technology Pull -- Friendly Court Pull -- Industrial Upgrading Push -- Corporate Management Push -- Technology Trajectory -- Innovation Performance: Korean Firms and Worldwide Leaders -- Why Semiconductors and Not Pharmaceuticals or Chemicals? -- Conclusions -- Will Stronger Copyright Protection Encourage the Development of Copyright-Sensitive Businesses in Indonesia? -- Legal Structure and Enforcement -- Effects of Copyright Law on Specific Industries -- Software -- Recorded Music -- Film -- Print Publishing -- Conclusions -- What Are the Problems in Protecting Traditional Knowledge in Genetic Resources?.

A Framework for R&D in the Biological Sciences -- Evolution in R&D Management -- A Brief History of Global Policies Affecting Genetic Resources -- Is There an Optimal Property Rights Institution? -- Practical Concerns -- Conclusions -- Overall Conclusions and Lessons -- Endnotes -- References -- 7 Trade and Competitiveness Aspects of Environmental and Labor Standards in East Asia -- Introduction -- Labor Standards: Background and Institutions -- Evidence on Labor Standards, Trade, and Competitiveness -- Effects of Openness on Labor Standards and Conditions of Work -- Effects of Changes in a Country's Trade and Investment Regulations on Labor Standards -- Labor Standards in Export Processing Zones -- Evidence on the Effects of Labor Standards on Trade Performance and FDI -- Environmental Protection: Background and Institutions -- Evidence on Environmental Protection, Trade, and Competitiveness -- How Does Openness Affect Environmental Protection and Use? -- Evidence on Environmental Standards and Competitiveness -- Past Evidence -- Evidence from East Asia -- Environmental Protection and the Doha Round -- Policy Implications -- Endnotes -- References -- PART 3 Reinforcing Social Stability Through Broad Sharing of Benefits -- 8 Household Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the WTO -- Introduction -- Measuring the Welfare Impacts of Trade Reform -- Our Approach in This Chapter -- Results -- Measured Welfare Impacts of WTO Accession -- Incidence of Gains and Losses -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- 9 Trade in Sectors Important to the Poor: Rice in Cambodia and Vietnam and Cashmere in Mongolia -- Introduction -- Rice and the Poor in Cambodia and Vietnam -- Rice Exports -- Value Chain Analysis: Constraints on Production and Trade, and Policy Options -- Cambodia -- Vietnam -- Overview of Recommendations -- Aggregate Effects.

Effects on Farmers and the Poor -- Cashmere and the Poor in Mongolia -- Potential Gains for the Poor from Trade in Cashmere -- Value Chain Analysis: Constraints on Production and Trade, and Policy Options -- Herders -- Traders and Marketing and Distribution Channels -- Processors -- Cashmere Trade Policies -- Overview of Recommendations -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- 10 Trade and Labor Market Vulnerability in Indonesia, Republic of Korea, and Thailand -- Introduction -- Overview of Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Volatility -- Measures of Trade Liberalization -- Volatility of Some Aggregate Indicators -- Trends in Earnings and Employment in Synthetic Panels -- Indirect Estimation of Changes in Workers' Vulnerability to Poverty from Cross-Sectional Data -- A Simple Model -- Findings -- Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.