Cooperation or Conflict?: A European Perspective on East Asia's Place in the Global Economy

Cooperation or Conflict?: A European Perspective on East Asia's Place in the Global Economy

- Speaker: Martin Wolf, Associate Editor, Financial Times

- Date: May 21, 1996

"East Asia accounts for almost a quater of global product, at market prices and exchange rate, not far below the shares of North America and Europe. But the picture for East Asia is a little misleading. More than 74% of the region's output at market prices [in 1994] is generated by Japan alone. But there is to be found elsewhere in the region as well..."