3 Sources of Competitive Asymmetries Between the United States and Japan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1 Competitiveness: Useful Concept, Political Slogan, or Dangerous Obsession? 1
6. 2 Does the United States Have an International Competitiveness Problem? 21
7. 3 Sources of Competitive Asymmetries Between the United States and Japan 41
8. 4 Ideology and Competitiveness: The Basis for U.S. and Japanese Economic Policies 55
9. 5 The Pursuit of Competitiveness in East Asia: Regionalization of Production and Its Consequences 103
10. 6 The Limits on Hegemonic Predation as a Response to Competitiveness Problems: The United States and Taiwan 133
11. 7 Fairness, Efficiency, and Opportunism in U.S. Trade and Investment Policy 153
12. 8 Alternative Paths to Competitiveness: U.S. Trade Policies in International Air Transport Services and Commercial Class Aircraft Manufacturing 179
13. 9 Ideas and Foreign Policy: The Emergence of Techno- Nationalism in U.S. Policies Toward Japan 199
14. 10 Cooperating to Compete: The European Experiment 225
15. References 243
16. Index 267
17. About the Book and the Editors 285