Globalization's limits : conflicting national interests in trade and finance / Dimitris N. Chorafas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. UNITED STATES , EUROPE, CHINA AND THE WORLD MARKET -- 1. Globalization in Motion -- 2. The Rise of Asian Giants -- 3. Globalization and the European Union -- 4. World Trade, China Price and the Doha Round -- PART II THE GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCE -- 5. Sovereign Wealth Funds -- 6. Risks and Opportunities in Globalized Financial Markets -- 7. Monetary Policy in a Global Economy -- 8. China's Banks and the Economy -- PART III EUROLAND: CASE STUDY ON THE LIMITS OF A REGIONAL GLOBALIZATION -- 9. Financial Integration in the European Union -- 10. The Euro: Curse or Blessing for the EU Economy?-- 11. Euroland's Missed Opportunities.

Globalization, the internationalization of trade, and financial integration are having enormous implications for businesses as well as for the whole economies of countries or blocks of countries. In this book Dr Chorafas argues that research is now producing evidence that there may be limits to such globalization and amalgamation and that these need to be better defined and understood if some of the problems now being identified are to be prevented from applying the brakes, or worse, putting the process into reverse gear.