00529nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245003600022260000900058520035700067583001900424  aPANAGARIA, Arvind  aEast Asia : a new trading bloc?  c1994  aNotes that during the last three decades, East Asia has become one of the world's most important economic regions.  With the creation of trading blocs in North America and Europe, policy advisors question whether East Asia, too, should form a regional trading bloc of its own.  Detractors claim that both economics and politics are against such a move.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR