Multilateralising regionalism: What role for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement?

Pacific Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 553-575

  Capling, Ann ^a   Ravenhill, John ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; free trade agreements; multilateralism; political economy; regionalism; trade policy

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FREE TRADE; MULTILATERAL TRADE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONALISM; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE POLICY;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84857905597     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2011.634078     Document Type: Article

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