Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts, das im Juli 1996 in eine Forschungskonferenz kulminierte, die von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Ebenhausen ausgerichtet wurde. I. Regionalism and Regulatory Policy in the World Economy: Motives and Rationale: Jens van Scherpenberg: Globalized Markets - Regional Policy Approaches: The Challenge for International Regulatory Regime Building (19-39); Detlef Lorenz: The Impact of Regional Integration on the International Division of Labor (40-59); Elke Thiel: Ambitions and Ambiguities in Current Economic Regionalism (60-72); Geza Feketekuty: The Role of Regional and Global Institutions in International Regulatory Integration (73-91). II. Regulatory Policy in Regional Economic Integration: Ernest H. Preeg: Rival or Mutually Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes in World Trade? The Case of NAFTA and FTAA (95-122); Charles E. Morrison: Asia-Pacific Regionalism and US Policy toward Regulatory Regime-Building in the Region (123-145); Peter Holmes / Alasdair Smith / Alasdair R. Young: Regulatory Convergence between the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe (146-163); Eberhard Rhein: The New Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (164-180). III. Cross-Regional Economic Relations: Competing for Influence?: Jacques Pelkmans / Annette Balaoing: The EU's New Asia Policies: Twinning European and Multilateral Interests (183-209); Richard Pomfret: US-EU Rival Regionalism from the Asian Perspective (210-228); Soko Tanaka: A Japanese View on US-EU Rival Regionalism and Regulatory Regime Building in the Asia-Pacific Region (229-247); Felix Peña: US-EU Rival Regionalism: The Latin American Perspective. Some Lessons from the Mercosur Experience (248-253). IV. Transatlantic Perspectives: Stephen Woolcock: European and North American Approaches to Regulation: Continued Divergence? (257-276); Ellen L. Frost: A Transatlantic Free Trade Agenda? Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation in Shaping the Future Multilateral Trade Order (277-303).