China

Eight papers by a group of authors largely affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences explore questions China and global trade. The papers discuss the impact of Taiwanese multinational enterprises in the Chinese Mainland, the effectiveness of Chinese trade policies, the impact of China's entry into the World Trade Organization on its industrial sector, the role of China in the phenomena of global deflation, the geographical distribution of foreign industrial development, globalization and economic disparity in Southeast Asia and China, the direction of East Asian cooperation, and changes in competitive behavior in foreign-invested detergent industry enterprises. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)