TPP versus RCEP : control of membership and agenda setting
Shintaro Hamanaka (Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank)
This paper argues that the formation of regional integration frameworks can be best understood as a dominant state’s attempt to create a preferred regional framework in which it can exercise exclusive influence. In this context, it is important to observe not only which countries are included in a regional framework, but also which countries are excluded from it. For example, the distinct feature of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is its exclusion of China, and that of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is its exclusion of the United States (US). An exclusion of a particular country does not mean that the excluded country will perpetually remain outside the framework. In fact, TPP may someday include China, resulting from a policy of the US “engaging” or “socializing” China rather than “balancing” against it. However, the first step of such a policy is to establish a regional framework from which the target country of engagement is excluded.
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June 2014
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Authors: | Shintaro, Hamanaka |
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Journal of East Asian economic integration. - Seoul : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2287-8793, ZDB-ID 2718098-0. - Vol. 18.2014, 2, p. 163-186
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Subject: | Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) | Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) | Membership | Exclusion | Agenda Setting | Freihandelsabkommen | Free trade agreement | Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration | Regional economic integration | Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum | Asia-Pacific region | Handelsabkommen | Trade agreement | Mitgliedschaft | EU-Staaten | EU countries | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | International economic relations | ASEAN-Staaten | ASEAN countries |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2014.18.2.279 [DOI] hdl:11159/325 [Handle] |
Classification: | F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations ; F15 - Economic Integration ; F53 - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568343
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