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Meta-level institutionalization of negotiations : explaining irreconcilable Sino-Japanese rivalry in TPP, RCEP, AIIB, and AMF

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Countries that have totally different policy preferences tend to insist upon negotiation modalities convenient to themselves, without entering into substantial negotiations. This is what I refer to as the elevation of rivalry to the "meta-" level. Negotiations often become irreconcilable not because of fierce disagreement on substance but because of the elevation of disagreement to the meta-level. The purpose of this study is to depict the meta-level rivalry between countries that aspire to international leadership, using case studies of Sino-Japanese rivalry in regional cooperation, such as Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and Asian Monetary Fund (AMF).

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  • Hamanaka, Shintaro, 2018. "Meta-level institutionalization of negotiations : explaining irreconcilable Sino-Japanese rivalry in TPP, RCEP, AIIB, and AMF," IDE Discussion Papers 725, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
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