This volume deals with the newly industrializing economies (NIEs) of Asia, namely Hong Kong, Korea, Singa- pore and Taiwan. Based on an international conference, held in Berlin in September 1989, the book contains contributions by active economists, politicians and government officials from Asia and Europe.

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Summary Report.- One The Asian NIEs and the Asia-Pacific Region.- Country Issues.- Korea: A Newly Industrializing Economy Market Opening, Internationalization and International Cooperation.- Korea 2000: Economic and Social Targets and Development Strategies.- Korea's Long-Term Trade Prospects and Policies to the Year 2000.- Taiwan: Claims and Strategies towards Europe.- The Case for Taiwan's Role in the OECD.- The Significance of Taiwan's Rejoining GATT.- The Hong Kong Economy in a Changing International Economic Environment.- Regional Issues.- Some Reflections on Prospects for Regional Co-operation in the Asian-Pacific Region.- ASEAN Reality and Perspective.- NIE-Japanese Strategic Interdependence in the Pacific Basin.- The East Asian NICs and South Asia Reality.- Thailand and the So-Called NIEs.- Market Forces in the Asian NIEs.- State Intervention, State Involvement and Market Forces Singapore and South Korea.- The Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Asian NIEs Business Opportunities for Western Europe?.- Two The Relations between the Asian NIEs and Europe in a Worldwide Perspective.- The NIEs and Major World Economic Issues.- A World Scenario: The Emergence of Three Main Trading Zones The European Community/Japan East Asia Pacific/USA Canada.- The Concept of the International Division of Labour and Principles of Cooperation.- Technology and Global Competition: The Challenge ahead for the NIEs.- NIEs as Models for Establishing a Highly Competitive Industrial Base: What Lessons to Learn?.- The NIEs and Europe.- Europe 1992 and the NIEs.- Recent Trade Patterns between NIEs and Western Europe.- The NIEs Viewed from the German and European Perspectives.- The Ability of the German Economy to Face Opportunities and Challengesof Emerging NIEs.- Recommendations for a European Policy towards the Asian NIEs.- Annexes.- Statistical Country Profiles by Harald Mücke.- Programme of the International Round Table Meeting.- List of Participants and Authors.