LEADER 03326oam 2200505 450 001 9910679898003321 005 20170523091618.0 010 $a981-230-461-4 024 7 $a10.1355/9789812304612 035 $a(OCoLC)406179986 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2QRZ 035 $a(EXLCZ)992500000000000872 100 $a20070927d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 03$aAn APEC trade agenda? $ethe political economy of a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific /$fedited by Charles E. Morrison and Eduardo Pedrosa 210 1$aSingapore :$cInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $a"A joint study by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and the APEC Business Advisory Council." 311 $a981-230-460-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAn APEC trade agenda / Charles E. Morrison -- A free trade area of the Asia-Pacific in the wake of the faltering Doha Round / C. Fred Bergsten -- The political economy of a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific / Vinod K. Aggarwal -- The political economy of a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific / Sheng Bin -- Japan's FTA strategy and a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific / Shujiro Urata -- Lessons from the free trade area of the Americans for APEC economies / Sherry M. Stephenson -- Prospects for linking preferential trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region / Robert Scollay -- ASEAN perspective on promoting regional and global freer trade / Chia Siow Yue and Hadi Soesastro. 330 $aThe proposal for an Asia-Pacific-wide free trade agreement is one of the oldest ideas for promoting mutually beneficial regional cooperation dating back to the mid-1960s. In more recent times, the idea has found new support for two main reasons: as a plan B to the stumbling Doha Development Agenda (DDA) round of WTO negotiations; and as a solution to the noodle bowl of bilateral agreements in the region. This report assesses the political feasibility of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) proposal and looks at alternative modalities for achieving free trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific. The report includes trade policy perspectives from the three largest economies of the region: the United States, China and Japan, lessons from similar proposals such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), possible convergence among the many preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the region, and alternative approaches to regional economic integration. 606 $aFree trade$zAsia 606 $aFree trade$zPacific Area 607 $aAsia$xCommercial policy 607 $aPacific Area$xCommercial policy 615 0$aFree trade 615 0$aFree trade 676 $a382.71095 702 $aMorrison$b Charles Edward$f1944- 702 $aPedrosa$b Eduardo 712 02$aPacific Economic Cooperation Council, 712 02$aInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies, 712 02$aAPEC Business Advisory Council, 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910679898003321 996 $aAn APEC Trade Agenda$92559210 997 $aUNINA