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Part 1 Setting the context - multinational enterprises in a system ofnation-states: a rough take-off for the multinationals; calibrating themultinationals' importance; multinationals' behaviour in internationalmarkets; the challenge - accommodating multinationals and nation-states. Part2 Tensions in the background - conflict between multinational enterprises andnation-states: the nation-states' struggle for jobs; taxing multinationals;security for the nation-state; conflicts of jurisdiction, culture andprinciple. Part 3 Inside the emerging economies - high stakes fornation-states and multinational enterprises: Latin America; fading stars ofAsia; transitional economics - from Hungary to China; India; conclusions.Part 4 Inside the industrialized economies - new sources of tension: the caseof Europe; the case of the United States; the case of Japan; common problems,common responses. Part 5 The struggle over open markets - the gatheringclouds: ambivalencce in the United States and Europe; multinationals and thestruggle for public resources; uncertainties in the international politicalclimate. Part 6 Righting the balance - possible policy responses: the searchfor global principles; bilateral agreements; industry-centred agreements;regional agreements; possible new initiatives; unilateral measures; reprise.