TY - CPAPER AB - APEC's "open regionalism" calls for free-trade in APEC but with benefits also accruing to non-APEC members. This study shows that "open regionalism" provides strong incentives for non-APEC economies to also liberalize their policies to maintain competitiveness. Inclusion of agriculture is critical to total U.S. welfare gains because of current high protection rates in East Asia. AU - Coyle, William T. AU - Wang, Zhi DA - 1998 DA - 1998 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.20981 DO - doi ID - 20981 KW - Institutional and Behavioral Economics KW - International Relations/Trade L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20981/files/spcoyl01.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20981/files/spcoyl01.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20981/files/spcoyl01.pdf LA - eng LA - English LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20981/files/spcoyl01.pdf N2 - APEC's "open regionalism" calls for free-trade in APEC but with benefits also accruing to non-APEC members. This study shows that "open regionalism" provides strong incentives for non-APEC economies to also liberalize their policies to maintain competitiveness. Inclusion of agriculture is critical to total U.S. welfare gains because of current high protection rates in East Asia. PY - 1998 PY - 1998 T1 - OPEN REGIONALISM IN APEC: IMPACTS ON U.S. AGRICULTURE AND TRADE TI - OPEN REGIONALISM IN APEC: IMPACTS ON U.S. AGRICULTURE AND TRADE UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20981/files/spcoyl01.pdf Y1 - 1998 T2 - Selected Paper ER -