scholarly journals FREE AND OPEN INDO–PACIFIC AS THE NEW BASIS OF JAPANESE TRADE POLICY IN THE ASIA–PACIFIC REGION

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
V. S. Vasiliev ◽  
K. O. Chudinova
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Positive Balance ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Regional Agreements ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ◽  
Economic Ties

The consequences of the APEC summit held on November 17–18, 2018 are analyzed. It is emphasized that the summit ended with little or no result due to the growing trade and economic contradictions between theUnited StatesandChina, which have the potential to significantly weaken trade and economic ties in the Asia-Pacific region. Under these conditions, after theUSwithdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP),Japanis increasingly taking the path of bilateral and regional agreements with the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region, including the People's Republic ofChina.Japanconsistently pursues this policy in the framework of the strategy of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Region proclaimed in 2016. This strategy will allowJapanto insure itself against the possible eventual occurrence of the American-Japanese trade war, taking into account the fact thatJapanhas a growing positive balance in trade with theUnited States.Japanhas all high hopes on the establishment of a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership with the participation of 16 countries. At the same time, the APR is increasingly becoming a zone of military rivalry between the states of this region, which is an additional factor complicating the ongoing development of Japan’s trade and economic ties with many APR countries.

RCEP AS A TOOL FOR INTEGRATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION (APAC): DRIVING FORCES AND CONTAINING FACTORS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Dermenzhi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Slow Flow ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Global System ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Since the Asia-Pacific region became a world developed region, the issues of its future and the future of the global system have become closely related. The development of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership project appears to be an effort to lead the integration processes in the APAC. The article examines the slow flow of the initiative from ASEAN to China, the collision of the interests of the United States and China. The author describes the process of transformation of a partially hegemonic order and the formation of a multipolar relations system regional version.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Cooperation Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 33-45
Author(s):  
Yanjun GUO
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Scale Free ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Opening Up

As the first large-scale free trade arrangement in the Asia-Pacific region, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will play an important role in economic and trade cooperation, and regional governance in the region. Since the signing on 15 November 2020, RCEP has encountered internal and external risks and challenges. Effectively avoiding risks and coping with challenges are important for RCEP to play its due role. To China, RCEP presents a new opportunity and platform to expand its opening up.

scholarly journals Taiwan’s Challenges in the Changing Landscape of Regional Security and Economy in the Asia-Pacific Region after the Cold War

2016 ◽  
pp. 155-175
Author(s):  
Chih-Mao Tang
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Maritime Disputes ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ◽  
The Cold War

After the Cold War, international politics and economy of the Asia-Pacific region has changed tremendously. Regional economic integration accelerates up with the rapid increase of bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements between regional countries, whereas regional security is continually confronted with conflict flashpoints, including regional maritime sovereignty disputes. This article provides the recent development ofregional economy and security with emphasis on maritime disputes in East China Sea and South China Sea and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and discusses the possible challenges to Taiwan in these issues.

Regional contents in exports by major trading blocs in the Asia-Pacific region

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Soo Lee ◽  
Inkyo Cheong
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Output Table ◽  
Trading Blocs ◽  
Economic Partnership

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to calculate regional contents in the exports of the major regional blocs to the world, Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP), and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), respectively, to find the backward trade linkages between them instead of normal forward linkages. Design/methodology/approach To calculate “a region” content in intermediate and value-added exports, this paper uses OECD’s inter-country input-output table (ICIOT), and tries to decompose the contents of trade. Using the information of ICIOT, Koopman et al. (2014) and Wang et al. (2013) decompose gross exports of a country’s exports. Findings TPP is a loosely tied bloc featured by openness to the Asia-Pacific region. Trade linkages between members are stronger in RCEP than those in TPP, particularly in the trade of intermediate goods. Trades in RCEP are closely connected to exports to TPP, but the opposite direction is not clear. Research limitations/implications First of all, the recent base year of the data on value added in trade is 2011, which can be regarded as a little bit out of date. Therefore, it should be cautious in interpreting the results in that it may not reflect the characteristics of current trade. Second, this paper uses ICOIT instead of world input-output table. Practical implications A large portion of trades in RCEP and TPP is triggered by a global production network (fragmentation, vertical specialization), different from traditional trade focusing on inter-industry trade or competition between countries. Thus, the formation of TPP or RCEP is predicted to stimulate trade of the other instead of discriminating nonmember countries. Social implications In particular, the authors have special concern in the backward linkages between RCEP and TPP, the distinct characteristics of the two regional blocs and, finally, major countries’ preferences of the one over the other and industrial conflicts toward TPP or RCEP even in an economy. Originality/value Although this paper uses the approach by Baldwin and Lopez-Gonzalez, this paper is the first research on the analysis of the export contents in major trading blocs in the Asia-Pacific region.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lon kurashige
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Trade War ◽  
The U.S

Historical overview of international relations, migration, trade, war and conquest within and across the Asia-Pacific region from the late fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Focuses on how empires established by Portugal, Spain, England, Japan, and the U.S. spurred this region’s integration. This piece also introduces the fifteen chapters of this book and places each within the historical context of the Asia-Pacific region.

Integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region: features and potential of expansion

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
D. A. Izotov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Trade Blocs ◽  
Economic Ties

In the article, based on the analysis of theoretical and empirical studies, the features of integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region are determined, and the economic potentials of the large trade blocks in the sub-global economy are compared. The author shows that the noticeable results of the trade and economic ties expansion between the key countries of the Asia-Pacific region became possible by the production fragmentation and the trade barriers reduction. The assessment indicated that the weighed import duty in the trade interactions between the Asia-Pacific countries was characterized by the lower values compared to the other countries. The Asia-Pacific countries have a hidden potential for trade barriers increasing. It is shown that the main reason of the trade agreements expansion between the Asia-Pacific countries is to avoid the negative consequences of non-participation in such agreements. In the terms of economic, demographic and trade scales, the comparative potentials of various mega-formats in the Asia-Pacific region are shown. The author shows that only one trade mega-format was created in the sub-global economy, because the contradictions between the Asia-Pacific countries. The lack of mutual initiatives for a free trade zone creation between the United States and China significantly slows down the integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region. It is shown that in the long term, Russia may face a competitive choice in integration with the Asia-Pacific countries, which can join either the “pro-American” or “pro-Chinese” large trade blocs.

scholarly journals US-CHINA CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPING THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 736-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Ibragimova ◽  
A. M. Azmukhanova ◽  
D. R. Aitmagambetov ◽  
T. A. Kamaljanova ◽  
G. Zh. Kenzhalina
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The Us ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
State Of Affairs

Purpose of the study: This article aims to study scenarios for the development of the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the US-China conflict of interest in this region. Methodology: The article is concerned with the conflict of interest between the United States of America and China in the context of the development of the Asia-Pacific region associated with activities of these leading actors of international relations in the Asia-Pacific region and the relevant integration structures and agreements. Main Findings: The authors of the article have analyzed the US-Chinese relations in the Asia-Pacific region and presented an overview of the international situation. Applications of this study: Special attention was paid to the expert discussion of scenarios for the probable development of the Asia-Pacific region in the immediate future, including the preservation of the existing state of affairs ("Status Quo"), the global Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Silk Road Partnership under the auspices of China, the creation of the Asia-Pacific free-trade zone and the "northern" space of economic partnership.

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