00681nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500220003926000090006152004470007058300190051794200060053699900170054220260716043348.0  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  cA  c45660d45660