Prospects for Regional Cooperation between LAC and Asia Pacific: Perspective from East Asia

This presentation contains: 1) An overview of the evolving global economic architecture; 2) A background on Asian regionalism and factors for success; 3) Prospects for inter-regional cooperation between Asia Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean; and lastly, 4) A conclusion and recommendation to enhance partnership between the two regions. This presentation was presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association held in Singapore on July 15th, 2009.