This book claims that de jure economic integration is in progress in East Asia, after the advancement of de facto integration. The book contains new international trade theory, spatial economics, data-work empirical studies, and field studies on various scenarios of de jure economic integration.

RICHARD E. BALDWIN Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Policy Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research MICHEL FOUQUIN Deputy Director, Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) NOBUAKI HAMAGUCHI Professor, Research Institute for Economics& Business Administration, Kobe University KEN ITAKURA Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University SOUKNILANH KEOLA Research Fellow, Development Strategies Studies Group, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) IKUO KUROIWA Senior Research Fellow Sent Abroad (Singapore), Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) BART LOS Associate Professor of International Economics& Business, University of Groningen JAN OOSTAERHAVEN Professor of Spatial Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen MOTOYOSHI SUZUKI JICA's Policy Advisor to Committee for Planning and Investment, LAO P.D.R. KAZUHIKO YOKOTA Research Associate Professor, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development