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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integraton No. 146

 

TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP VERSUS COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: CONTROL OF MEMBERSHIP AND AGENDA SETTING [January 2015]

by Shintaro Hamanaka

http://www.adb.org/publications/trans-pacific-partnership-versus-comprehensive-economic-partnership-control-membership

or

http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/152753/reiwp-146.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

 

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. This paper analyzes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) from two angles: (i) control of membership and (ii) control of agenda.

 

Contents

 

Abstract

Introduction

Pitfall of Balance-of-Power Theory

Analytical Framework: Quest for Exclusive Leadership

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Analysis of Strategies of Key Players

Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP)

Conclusion

References

 

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