Trade Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific : : Developments and Future Challenges / / ed. by Sanchita Basu Das, Masahiro Kawai.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• HerausgeberIn: Basu Das, Sanchita,; Kawai, Masahiro,
• MitwirkendeR: Cook, Malcolm,; Damuri, Yose Rizal,; Das, Sanchita Basu,; Elms, Deborah,; Herreros, Sebastián,; Jeong, Hyung-Gon,; Kawai, Masahiro,; Lee, Boram,; Lee, Cassey,; Low, Patrick,; Ming, Michael Yeo Chai,; Palit, Amitendu,; Plummer, Michael G.,; Scollay, Robert,; Terada, Takashi,; Tiong, Tan Chin,; Yue, Chia Siow,; Yuzhu, Wang,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Asia has witnessed a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium. The first regional agreement - the ASEAN FTA - was transformed into the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of 2015. In the meantime, ASEAN forged five ASEAN+1 FTAs and began to negotiate a sixteen-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement. In parallel, the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), supporting U.S. foreign policy of "Pivot to Asia", was broadly agreed in October 2015. The RCEP and the TPP are accompanied by other mega-regional integration processes developing elsewhere in the world, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for the European Union and the United States, and the Pacific Alliance among four Latin American member states. Meanwhile, APEC is also striving to meet its Bogor Goal targets and create a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. Each of these mega-regionals aims to achieve greater trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and more harmonized trade and investment rules so that all member economies can participate in the global value chain of production. Instead of undermining, these regional exercises can be building blocks for a more liberal global trading system supported by the World Trade Organization.This book ruminates on these regional agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards. The book brings together eminent scholars and experts to deepen our understanding of the complex nature of the mega-regional trade agreements and their implications. It is useful both for the academic and research community and for policymakers who focus on trade and economic cooperation issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- The Contributors -- 1. Introductory Overview -- I. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement -- 2. The Origins and Evolution of TPP Trade Negotiations -- 3. The Political Economy of Joining TPP: The Case of Malaysia -- 4. China and the TPP: Reflections and Responses -- 5. Japan and Entanglement of Regional Integration in the Asia-Pacific: Combining Cutting-Edge and Traditional Agendas -- II. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement -- 6. RCEP Prospect and Challenges: Political Economy of East Asian Integration -- 7. Challenges Facing the RCEP Negotiations -- 8. From AEC to RCEP: Implications for the CLMV -- 9. RCEP: An Indian Perspective -- III. Regional Economic Integration: A Multi-stage Approach -- 10. AEC and ASEAN+1 FTAs: Progress, Challenges, and Future -- 11. CJK FTA Rat ionale, Prospects, and Challenges -- IV. Old and Emerging Approaches to Asia-Pacific Regional Integration -- 12. APEC at 25: Political Realities Realized -- 13. The TTIP, Megaregionalism and Asia -- 14. The Pacific Alliance: A Bridge between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific? -- V. Asia-Pacific Regional Integration: Towards Convergence? -- 15. APEC, TPP, and RCEP: Towards an FTAAP -- 16. The Implications of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements on the World Trade Organization -- Index