1st Edition
The Political Economy of New Regionalisms in the Pacific Rim
Combining an analysis of regionalism from a systemic view with a domestic political-economy analysis, this book sheds light on the new dynamics and emerging configurations of regionalisms and interregionalisms in the post-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Donald Trump’s presidency has transformed trans-Pacific economic and political relations, contrasting sharply with President Obama’s ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy. Unilateralism and bilateralism have returned to the center stage, at the cost of regionalism, interregionalism, and multilateralism. Understanding these new dynamics requires closer examination of the underlying domestic political economies. Examining ten country case studies of multi-actor agency at the national level, expert contributors argue that trans-Pacific relations should not only be explained in terms of the behavior of the major powers, but that medium powers, and even small countries, can exert influence and occupy strategic nodes and contribute to shaping a new international relations network.
Their findings will be of interest to scholars of international relations, international political economy, regionalism, and international economics.
Introduction
José Briceño-Ruiz and Philippe De Lombaerde
1. The Dynamics of Institutionalized Regionalism in the Pacific Rim: Comparisons, Connections and Interactions
José Briceño-Ruiz
2. Chile: Asia-oriented Globalization versus Latin America-oriented Regionalism
Sébastien Dubé
3. Relations with Asia in Peru’s Trade Agreements
Alan Fairlie
4. The Political Economy of Colombia’s Integration in the Pacific Rim
Philippe De Lombaerde, Gabriel Jiménez Peña and Lurong Chen
5. To Join or Not to Join the Pacific Alliance? Costa Rica and Panama in a Comparative Perspective
Kevin Parthenay
6. The Long Shadow of NAFTA: An Economic Geography of Mexico’s Integration in the Pacific Rim
José León-Manríquez and Luis F. Álvarez
7. Canada and Transpacific Regionalism
Jeremy Paltiel
8. The Development of Japan’s Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
9. Changing Patterns in China’s Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy and its Involvement in Asia Pacific Economic Integration
Haiyan Zhang and Huai-Yuan Han
10. Understanding Singapore’s Trade Policy in the Pacific Rim
Deborah Elms
11. Australia’s Asia-Pacific Regionalism
Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos and Hannah E. Woodford-Smith
Conclusions
José Briceño-Ruiz and Philippe De Lombaerde
Biography
José Briceño-Ruiz is Research Professor at the Centro de Investigaciones para América Latina y el Caribe (CIALC), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico).
Philippe De Lombaerde is Associate Professorat the NEOMA Business School, Rouen (France), and Associate Senior Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS, Bruges (Belgium).
