00742nam a2200085Ia 4500100001400000245009300014260000900107520052100116583001900637  aHILL, Hal  aTrade is a two-way exchange : rising import penetration in East Asia's export economies.  c1993  aPoints out that while East Asia's exports have grown quickly, one feature has been high and rapidly increasing import penetration.  Imports have risen sharply in these countries both to lay the base for the export growth, and because the economies of East Asia have become increasingly open and internationally oriented.  In the process, the OECD economies have benefitted from this export growth.  Consequently, any measures which impede East Asia exports will, at an aggregate level, harm both groups of economies.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR