00605nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500360003926000090007552003570008458300190044194200060046099900170046620260716043320.0  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  cA  c44707d44707