Political economy of East Asian economic integration : the process of the RCEP negotiations and beyond / edited by Fusanori Iwasaki, Keita Oikawa and Shujiro Urata.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Overview, Literature Review, and Chapter Synopsis -- 2 The Road to the RCEP – Historical Background of Regional Economic Integration and the RCEP Negotiation Process -- 3 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Economic Backgrounds of ASEAN and Its Dialogue Partners -- 4 Centrality and Community: ASEAN in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- 5 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, ASEAN’s Agency, and the Role of ASEAN Members in Shaping the Regional Economic Order -- 6 Australia’s Interests in East Asia’s Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- 7 China and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: An Economic and Political Perspective -- 8 Japan and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- 9 The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and Europe: Impact and Implications -- 10 Heyday of Asian Regionalism?: The Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for the United States -- 11 The Role of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Promoting the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- 12 The Real Voices of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Negotiators -- Index

"This book studies the influence of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the East Asia region and the rest of the world from an international relations perspective. Analysing the history and negotiation process of RCEP through a collection of written interviews from negotiators involved in the RCEP, this book helps readers understand the origins, proceedings, and characteristics of mega-regional trade integration. Individual case studies analyse the RCEP negotiations from the viewpoint of various states or economic blocs, such as ASEAN, Australia, China, Japan, European Union (EU), and the United States (US). Several chapters also illustrate the dynamism of the regional architecture in East Asia concerning other regional movements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Comprehensive and Progressive TPP (CPTPP), Belt and Road Initiative, and the newly launched Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). In sum, the chapters illustrate how RCEP member countries and non-member countries try to utilise/maximise their national interests. This book will interest researchers of international relations, international politics, international economics, and international political economy, as well as policymakers and negotiators responsible for future regional economic integration projects"-- Provided by publisher.