to his absence in Japan. He was also a member of the Committee of the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), sponsored by the International Economics Study Group (IESG) during 1972–88. He has acted as General Consultant for The Anglo-Japanese Economic Institute (London, 1996–2002) and Senior International Consultant for The United Nations (2001). He has also been endowed with a Life-time Visiting Professorship by Wuhan University (People's Republic of China),1990–; and, was (jointly with Anthony J Jones) awarded The Daeyang Prize for the best article published in 2008 in the Journal of Economic Integration. He is the author of several books in Economics Major works Books written 1980, The Economics of the European Community Philip Allan, Oxford (UK) and St. Martin's Press, New York 2011, 9th ed., with invited edited contributions, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge and New York), as The European Union: Economics and Policies Chinese translation (by Professors Dai Bingran, assisted by Wu Yi Kang, Zhou Jian Ping and Jiang San Ming, of Fudan University, Shanghai, and the Chinese Association for Western European Studies) published in November 1985 (Shanghai Translation Publishing House: Shanghai, PRC). 1981,(co-author with Anthony J. Jones) The Theory of Customs Unions, Philip Allan, Oxford (UK) and St. Martin's Press, New York 1983, The Theory of International Trade, Croom Helm of Beckenham (UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) 1985, Translated into Japanese by Professor Takaaki Ohnishi of Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan). 1984, Trade Theory and Policy: Some Topical Issues, Macmillan, Basingstoke (UK) and Crane Russak, New York 1992, Translated into Japanese in 1992 by Professors Takashi Okayama, Nobuto Iwata and Noriyuki Miyagawa of Waseda University, Tokyo. 1988 Japan’s Trade Frictions: Realities or Misconceptions? Macmillan (Basingstoke, UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) 1989 International Trade, Macmillan (Basingstoke, UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) 1989 The Theory and Measurement of International Economic Integration, Macmillan (Basingstoke, UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) 1999 Regional Integration: Experience, Theory and Measurement, Macmillan (Basingstoke, UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) 2015 The European Union Illuminated: Its Nature, Importance and Future, Macmillan (Basingstoke, UK) and St. Martin's Press (New York) Books edited 1982 International Economic Integration (Macmillan: London; St. Martin's Press: New York) 2nd edition in 1988, 3rd in 1997, under a new title, Economic Integration Worldwide 1983 Britain within the European Community: the Way Forward (Macmillan: London; Crane Russak: New York) 1987 Protection, Cooperation, Integration and Development: