The future creation of a region-wide economic agreement in Asia has become the hot issue among trade policymakers in … the region. The APEC 2010 Summit Statement clearly states that the members should pursue a Free Trade Area of the Asia … (TPP). This paper considers the path or sequencing towards a future region-wide economic agreement in Asia, both …

In Asia and the Pacific, two levels of ‘free trade agreements’ (FTAs) are operating to limit the scope of data export … and the Asia-Pacific region. On the one hand, the multilateral CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans …. Other multilateral agreements and proposals in the Asia-Pacific contain different versions. Restrictions on data …

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high … growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the … region's economies more integrated regionally and internationally. Following the recent global trend, Asia witnessed a wave …

regionalism in Asia, particularly in the context of United States-China trade relations. It argues that the process of regional … economic integration in Asia has been slow-moving because of the politicization of regionalism by power rivalries. China … player in Asia and an indispensable part of the region's economic process. The United States-led Trans-Pacific Partnership …