International Trade in East Asia.

International Trade in East Asia, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose, is available from the University of Chicago Press for $80.00. This is the 14th volume in the NBER series on East Asia Seminars on Economics.

The practice of trading across international borders has undergone a number of changes, many of which have consequences for the world trading community. In International Trade in East Asia, a group of esteemed contributors summarize the empirical aspects of international trade that pertain specifically to East Asian countries such as China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

This volume includes twelve studies that highlight trading practices which exist between countries within as well as outside of the region. The contributors bring into focus some of the endemic and external barriers to international trade and discuss strategies for improving productivity and fostering trade relationships. The studies of factors that drive exports, the influence of research and development, the effects of foreign investment, and the ramifications of different types of protectionism will resonate in particular with the financial and economic communities who are trying to keep pace with this dramatically altered landscape.

Ito and Rose are both NBER Research Associates in the Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics. Ito is also a professor at the University of Tokyo. Rose is the B.T. Rocca Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at Berkeley's Haas School of Business.