APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism(English, Paperback, Ravenhill John)

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APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism(English, Paperback, Ravenhill John) is written by Ravenhill John and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521667976 (ISBN 10) and 9780521667975 (ISBN 13).

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping is the first comprehensive economic arrangement to link countries from around the Pacific Rim. Since its establishment in 1989, APEC has graduated from a ministerial-level gathering of nine countries to an institution that stages annual summits, has a permanent secretariat, and whose twenty-one members have committed themselves to establishing free trade in the region. A decade after its foundation, however, members have been increasingly frustrated with the grouping's progress. In this timely book, John Ravenhill examines the reasons for APEC's establishment, its evolution, and the causes of its failures. His conclusions address central questions in international relations about international collaboration and regionalism. The book will interest all those concerned with broader questions about regional economic and political cooperation.