Political Economy of East Asian Economic Integration: The Process of the RCEP Negotiations and Beyond
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This book examines the influence of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on East Asia and globally from an international relations perspective. Through an analysis of RCEP’s history and negotiation process, enriched by a collection of interviews with involved negotiators, readers gain insights into the origins, progression, and unique attributes of this mega-regional trade initiative. Case studies explore the negotiations from various state and economic bloc perspectives, including ASEAN, Australia, China, Japan, the EU, and the US. Additionally, the book highlights the evolving regional architecture in East Asia, considering movements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Comprehensive and Progressive TPP (CPTPP), the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Collectively, the chapters illustrate how both RCEP members and non-members navigate and leverage regional integration to serve their national interests.
This book is ideal for researchers in international relations, international politics, international economics, and international political economy, as well as policymakers and negotiators involved in shaping future regional economic integration initiatives.
About the book
Edited by Fusanori Iwasaki, Keita Oikawa, Shujiro Urata
Chapter 1: Overview, Literature Review, and Policy Implications
Fusanori Iwasaki, Keita Oikawa, and Shujiro Urata
Chapter 2: Road to Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Establishment
Fusanori Iwasaki, Keita Oikawa, and Shujiro Urata
Chapter 3: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Economic Backgrounds of ASEAN and Its Dialogue Partners
Keita Oikawa, Fusanori Iwasaki, and Shujiro Urata
Chapter 4: Centrality and Community: ASEAN in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Soo Yeon Kim
Chapter 5: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, ASEAN’s Agency, and the Role of ASEAN Members in Shaping the Regional Economic Order
Huong Le Thu
Chapter 6: Australia’s Interests in East Asia’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Shiro Armstrong
Chapter 7: China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: An Economic and Political Perspective
Zhang Yunling
Chapter 8: Japan and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Mie Oba
Chapter 9: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and Europe: Impact and Implications
Hanns Günther Hilpert
Chapter 10: Heyday of Asian Regionalism? The Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for the United States
Mireya Solís
Chapter 11: The Role of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Promoting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Fusanori Iwasaki and Keita Oikawa
Chapter 12: The Real Voices of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Negotiators
Edited by Fusanori Iwasaki and Keita Oikawa
