"Published December 27, 2003."

Papers from an international conference on "Northeast Asian Economic Integration--Prospects for a Northeast Asian FTA" ; jointly organized by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and Northeast Asia Economic Forum (NEAEF) in Hon olulu, Hawaii on August 5-6, 2003 ; coordinated by Change Jae Lee and Yangseon Kim.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction and overview / Yangseon Kim, Chang Jae Lee -- The proliferation of regional trade agreements and its rationale / Wilfred J. Ethier ; Comments / Soogil Young -- European economic integration : assessments and prospects / Thierry Mayer ; Co mments / Shujiro Urata -- From NAFTA to FTAA / Gary Clyde Hufbauer ; Comments / Chung H. Lee -- Japan's strategy toward free trade agreements / Shujiro Urata ; Comments / Wilfred J. Ethier -- Korea's FTA policy : progress and prospects / Inkyo Cheong ; Comments / Fukunari Kimura -- China's FTA policy and practice / Wen Hai, Hongxia Li ; Comments / Chang Jae Lee -- Intra-regional trade in Northeast Asia : trends and characteristics / Yangseon Kim, Chung H. Lee -- Intra-regional trade among China, Japan, and Korea : intra-industry trade of major industries / Fukunari Kimura, Mitsuyo Ando ; Comments / Kazutomo Abe ; Comments / Inkyo Cheong -- Economic effects of a possible FTA among China, Japan, and Korea / Kazutomo Abe ; Comments / Theresa M. Greaney -- Towards a northeast Asian economic community : a Korea perspective / Chang Jae Lee ; Comments / Wen Hai -- Panel discussion / Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Thierry Mayer, Il SaKong, Soogil Young.