It has been signed but awaits ratification by most members. Negotiations lasted nearly a decade on the wide-ranging agreement. It would cut most tariffs to zero and have wide impact on services and digital trade as well as goods. It includes strong protection for intellectual property and measures to protect labor rights and the environment. The flexibility of members is limited to areas where public health, animal health or public security could be at risk.
Population: million vs. If so, can it still form the basis of an Pacific Rim agreement? It boils down to a question of credibility, a bit too much of which may have been lost in the eagerness to reach an apparently premature agreement. The improved prospects of President Obama receiving fast-track authority from a Republican-controlled Senate will help but it is unlikely to make a big difference now. APEC and its Beijing Road Map appears the more likely alternative, assuming that the one report that suggested China has been bullied into junking the proposal is misguided.
This is mainly through its support for non-binding, unilateral actions in implementing its action plans. Although this approach has flexibility as its greatest appeal, the temptation of a free ride needs to be resisted. With this approach, it is all about the carrot — there is no stick.
Looking further ahead, and short of resurrecting the WTO, unilaterally multilateralising the preferences of the FTAAP and the many other FTAs is the only way to address the growing distortions and fragmentation. The ASCC also holds an annual conference and makes material available via its website. These nations may, at the same time, be signatories of bilateral FTAs with individual countries and international organizations within, or outside of, the Asia-Pacific region.
One should note that a handful of developing economies of the region, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, have yet to become members of existing mega-regional trade alliances in the region, even though they may have signed, or begun negotiations for, bilateral FTAs or regional agreements with individual member countries.
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