In May 2013 the ASEAN+6 countries began to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The objective of this paper is to analyze the feasibility of constructing such a region-wide agreement and to examine ways to multilateralize it. The paper first reviews free trade...

The inaugural Policy Insight, "Towards an East Asian Free Trade Area", by Shujiro Urata, looks at the progress towards and consequences of an East Asian FTA, not only for the region itself, but also the world economy and for non members of the FTA. It discusses a topic of immediate relevance to...

Ce premier numéro de Repères, "Vers un Accord de libre-échange en Asie de l'Est" par Shujiro Urata, mesure les progrès réalisés par les pays d'Asie de l'Est vers l'établissement d'une zone de libre échange (ZLE), et les conséquences non seulement pour la région, mais aussi pour les...