TPP versus RCEP: Control of Membership and Agenda Setting

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 i...

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Main Author: Shintaro Hamanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2014-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2014.18.2.279