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This study assesses the current state of economic integration in Asia - in particular in East and South East Asia- and analyzes the prerequisites for a sustainable path of economic integration, using the background of the EU experience as a benchmark.

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PART I: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 1. Introduction: Sustainable Economic Integration in the Asia Context; Bernadette Andreosso O´Callaghan, Jacques Jaussaud and M. Bruna Zolin 2. Sustainable Economic Integration: the Experience of the European Union; Andrea Mairate PART II: ASSESSING ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN ASIA 3. Regional Integration Within Greater China. State of Play and Future Prospects; Fran‡oise Nicolas 4. The China-Taiwan Relationship: Economic Integration and Normalization; Bernadette Andreosso-O´Callaghan and Qin Tang 5. Unexpected and Growing Interest in Land Investments? The Asian Case; Lucia Luzi, M. Bruna Zolin 6. In Pursuit of Appropriate Patterns of Foreign Investment for Sustainable Development; Ota Tatsuyuki 7. Localisation of Management Positions in European and Japanese Subsidiaries in Asia: A Qualitative Investigation; Bruno Amann, Shiho Futagami, Jacques Jaussaud, Shuji Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Nakamura and Johannes Schaapes 8. The Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers in the European Union on China´s Exports; Utai Uprasen

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Bruno Amann, University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France Bernadette Andreosso O´Callaghan, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany Shiho Futagami, National University Jacques Jaussaud, University of Pau, France Lucia Luzi, Boston University, USA Andres Mairate, University of Brussels, Belgium Shuji Mizoguchi, Yokohama National University Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yokohama National University Fran‡oise Nicolas, Paris-East University, France Johannes Schapper, Kedge Business School, France Tatsuyuki Ota, Nihon University, Japan Quin Tang, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany Utai Uprasen, Pukyong National University, South Korea Maria Bruna Zolin, Ca´ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

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