The book deals with the better governance of trade, investment and finance in Asia. It provides readers with clear and broad ideas as to what opportunities and challenges Asia is facing in the governance of trade, investment and finance in the region as well as globally which has so far been almost inexistent both in academia and in practice.

1. Multilateralism and Regionalism in Global Economic Governance Junji Nakagawa 2. How to Avoid Anti-Competitive Effects of State Interventions in Times of Financial Crisis Rolf H. Weber and Seraina N. Gruenewald 3. Designing and Asian Financial Architecture Douglas W. Arner and Lotte Schou-Zibell 4. Institutional Approach to the Needs and Possibilities of Financial Cooperation System in East Asia Seung Pil Choi 5. East Asian Financial Integration Ross P. Buckley 6. Open Accession Provisions in FTAs Meredith Kolsky Lewis 7. Dynamic Process of Transnational Dispute Settlement as Autopoietic System? Tomohiko Kobayashi 8. APEC's Role in Rationalizing International Investment Obligations J. Anthony VanDuzer 9. Vertical Allocation of Competences for Investment Treaties in the European Union Markus Burgstaller 10. Investment Treaties and Public Goods Daniel Kalderimis 11. China's Evolving International Investment Treaty Policy towards Liberalism Chunbao Liu

Junji Nakagawa is Professor of International Economic Law at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. His publication includes International Harmonization of Economic Regulation (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), Anti-Dumping Laws and Practices of the New Users (Cameron May, 2007), and Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy (Routledge, 2006).