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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Part I: TRADE STRATEGY FOR AN OPEN WORLD -- 1 Period of reappraisal in commercial diplomacy -- 2 Options for a liberal commercial policy -- 3 Institutional flexibility and global security -- Part II: JAPAN'S PLACE IN TRADE STRATEGY -- 1 Japan's international trade -- 2 Trading partners in the Pacific region -- 3 Japanese commercial policy -- 4 Regional economic co-operation -- 5 Japanese proposals for a Pacific free trade area -- 6 Impediments to Japan's adherence to a free trade treaty -- 7 Summary and conclusions -- Part III: ASIAN-PACIFIC ARENA OF CONFLICT -- 1 The East of Suez debate -- 2 Chinese factor in global strategy -- 3 The Vietnam war -- 4 South and South-East Asia -- 5 Balance of power -- 6 Economic imbalance -- 7 British policy in East Asia -- Part IV: PIONEERS OF AN OPEN WORLD -- 1 Commonwealth before World War II -- 2 Post-war changes in the Commonwealth -- 3 Security, prosperity and the character of the world -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Front Cover -- Europe's Free Trade area Experiment -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- TRADE POLICY RESEARCH CENTRE,London -- GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES,University of Reading -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. ROLE OF THE FREE TRADE AREA -- Free Trade Areas in Other Parts -- Political Integration in Europe -- References and Notes -- CHAPTER 2. FIRST DECADE OF EFTA'S REALIZATION -- References and Notes -- CHAPTER 3. EFFECTS OF EFTA ON MEMBER COUNTRIES -- Theoretical Considerations -- Measurement of the Effects -- Effects on Trade and Production

International order, « transparency »
and public aid assistance to industry, by Hugh Corbet
With the insidious spread of protectionism, the incidence and effects of which are not readily identified, « transparency » has become a fashionable word in the lexicon of commercial diplomacy. The article begins by focussing on the context in which the question of « policy transparency » has been raised in intergovernmental deliberations, then dwells on the consequences of governments trying to slow down the process of adjustment to changing économie circumstances, before emphasising the importance of securing public un-derstanding of the need to adjust to change.