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Comparing the Economic Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

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  • Inkyo Cheong

    (Department of Economics, Inha University, South Korea)

  • Jose Tongzon

    (Graduate School of Logistics, Inha University, South Korea)

Abstract

Several initiatives have emerged for regional economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region. The United States has led the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, and ASEAN countries have recently started to promote the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. This paper estimates the net economic impact of these initiatives by eliminating the overlapping portions of free trade agreement–related economic gains through the use of a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The paper analyzes the economic and political feasibility of these two initiatives and assesses their economic impacts. Finally, the paper provides implications for economic integration in East Asia based on a quantitative assessment. © 2013 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Inkyo Cheong & Jose Tongzon, 2013. "Comparing the Economic Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 12(2), pages 144-164, Summer.
  • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:12:y:2013:i:2:p:144-164
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    1. Masahiro Kawai & Ganeshan Wignaraja, 2014. "Policy challenges posed by Asian free trade agreements: a review of the evidence," Chapters, in: Richard Baldwin & Masahiro Kawai & Ganeshan Wignaraja (ed.), A World Trade Organization for the 21st Century, chapter 8, pages 182-238, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    Keywords

    Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement; Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; free trade; economic integration; East Asia;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

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