Search for: [Abstrakt = "In their drive to find an alternative solution to WTO and APEC, countries of Asia\-Pacific region reach for bilateral trade agreements. Bilateral relations in trade patterns of the region under study are actively sought not only within the region, but also in trade agreements with distant countries. With impact of the Asian financial crisis of 1997\-1998, with resulting need to re\-orient trade relations, with liberalization of trade and capital flow and with scarce potential to enter into multilateral agreements, countries of Asia\-Pacific chose bilateral approach as the key alternative to a wide spectrum of trade patterns. It is a question of precise rules for construction of individual agreements\; rules that offer transparency and clarity of procedures, regardless of their status of an economic power or a petty actor of the region."]
