The Struggle for Free Trade in Asian Pacific
Dan Steinbock discusses the history of Asian-Pacific regional trade zones, and the U.S.’s geopolitical trade concerns with APEC. For the U.S. to see greater economic cooperation with China, it should...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Free Trade Area: a Roadmap and Priority Tasks
As the two largest economies, China and the U.S. are trying to formulate a new-type of major-country relationship. The establishment of a free trade area should be an integral part of such...
View ArticleThe U.S. Rebalancing Strategy Goes Nowhere
In the new phase of the U.S. rebalancing strategy, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, stressed military capacity building, the acceleration of TPP negotiations, and increased use of the U.S.’s...
View ArticleTTIP & TTP: A Race to the Bottom Not the Top
Based on what we know from leaks, Transatlantic and Pacific trade deals disproportionally empower corporations. Instead of trade regionalism driven by corporatism and overrated security imperatives,...
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