APEC: searching for a role

All major economies have negotiated a number of bilateral trade agreements and, not surprisingly, the trends is being replicated also in the Asia Pacific region as China and Japan embrace the idea of linking the regional economies in a series of hub and spokes bilateral deals. This development sits...

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Autor principal: Maswood, Syed Javed - Autor/a
Formato: Text draft Doc. de trabajo / Informes
Lenguaje:Eng
Publicado: CODESRIA 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/clacso/index/assoc/D8809.dir/17_Syed_Javed_Maswood.pdf
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Sumario:All major economies have negotiated a number of bilateral trade agreements and, not surprisingly, the trends is being replicated also in the Asia Pacific region as China and Japan embrace the idea of linking the regional economies in a series of hub and spokes bilateral deals. This development sits at odds with the stated objectives of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to promote regional integration and free trade.