... Vanuatu, etc.
Conclusion
Andrey Kortunov:
Why India Will Never Be Part of U.S. Alliances
Announced in May, the initiative is a logical institutional build-on of Washington’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy adopted in February 2022. Its purpose is to contain China and prevent the RCEP from growing in strength.
The United States is essentially sticking to the same industry priorities it once promoted under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, seeking to avoid high trade commitments associated with opening new markets. The goals are same ...
... African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), while in Eurasia the expansion of SCO membership was accompanied by the creation of RCEP. The next stage in this process would be to link up all of the pan-continental platforms in Eurasia, Africa and Latin America ... ... aggregation of regional integration groups of the Global South under the banner of BRICS+ a different track is entertained by China and its BRICS partners that targets increasing the membership of the core of the Global South.
Hence, the current dilemma ...
... absolute level of GDP on the basis of market exchange rates by 2024-2025. The role of China and Pacific Asia as a major source of demand and as a crucial market for suppliers across the globe will progressively rise in the coming years.
The creation of RCEP also renders China a key player in the evolution of regionalism in the world economy. Previously China’s arsenal of trade alliances was focused more on creating a plethora of bilateral agreements on connectivity under the umbrella of the BRI as well as a number ...
... food security and adapting agriculture to climate change.
Ivan Timofeev:
What is the Difference between Sanctions against China and Sanctions against Russia?
The most important issue in terms of the APEC’s responsibilities is, of course, the formation ... ... relies on existing negotiation formats – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The problem is that neither of these formats is in particularly good shape right now. Following the withdrawal of the United ...
