Open AccessTrans-Pacific Strategic Partnership: the Balance of Power and Role in the Formation of Regional Free Trade Area in Asia- Pacific
Author(s) -
Galina Kostyunina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2012-4-25-94-100
Subject(s) - general partnership , asia pacific , international trade , free trade , international free trade agreement , strategic partnership , balance (ability) , free trade agreement , business , finance , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The article describes the main provisions of existing agreement on the transpacific strategic economic partnership, the need for expansion and its importance to the future Asia-Pacific free trade area (FTAAP). It analyzes of the positions of the leading countries in the region on a Pacific free trade zone - the U.S., Japan and ASEAN.