Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade LawThe trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the coreof international trade law regimes and standards. Are non Westernsocieties uniformly adopting international standards, or are theyadapting them to local norms and cultural values? This volume presents a new conceptual approach the paradigmof selective adaptation to explore and explain the reception ofinternational trade law in the Pacific Rim. Building on a conceptualdiscussion of the