00605nam a2200085Ia 4500100002200000245002200022260000900044520044700053583001900500  aBERGSTEN, C. Fred  aOpen regionalism.  c1997  aTraces the origins and evolution of the effort to reconcile potential conflicts between globalism vs. regionalism via 'open regionalism'.  Presents five definitions of 'open regionalism', and opines that, properly defined and implemented, it can enable APEC to simultaneously achieve global free trade by rolling all regional liberalisation initiatives into a global free trade agreement and thereby eliminating all preferential arrangements.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR