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RCEP-Countries create Asia-Pacific free trade zone: trade facilitation but no integrated bloc
Die asiatische Freihandelszone RCEP: Handelserleichterungen, aber kein großer Block im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum
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Abstract The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 15 November 2020 establishes the world’s largest free trade area. The agreement was hailed as an important step forward for the international trade system: protectionism is no longer the only visible option for the third decad... view more
The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 15 November 2020 establishes the world’s largest free trade area. The agreement was hailed as an important step forward for the international trade system: protectionism is no longer the only visible option for the third decade of the twenty-first century. But RCEP is a relatively weak instrument. It consolidates existing trade agreements in the region, but does not represent a breakthrough to a liberal economic space. It lacks the potential to make the Asia-Pacific region into a monolithic trading bloc, nor does it contribute to overcoming growing political tensions in the Indo-Pacific. (author's abstract)... view less
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
ASEAN-Länder; Australien; Regionaler Wirtschafts-/Entwicklungsraum; Internationales Abkommen; Freihandelsabkommen; Freihandelszone; Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; Normensetzungsfunktion internationaler Akteure; Rivalität von Staaten; Japan; Volksrepublik China; Südkorea; Indien
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
7 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 3/2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C03
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications