RCEP-Countries create Asia-Pacific free trade zone : trade facilitation but no integrated bloc

Zusammenfassung: The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on 15 November 2020 establishes the world's largest free trade area. The agreement was hailed as an important step forward for the international trade system: protectionism is no longer the only visible option for the third decade of the twenty-first century. But RCEP is a relatively weak instrument. It consolidates existing trade agreements in the region, but does not represent a breakthrough to a liberal economic space. It lacks the potential to make the Asia-Pacific region into a monolithic trading bloc, nor does it contribute to overcoming growing political tensions in the Indo-Pacific

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die asiatische Freihandelszone RCEP
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (7 Seiten)
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: "Englisch version of SWP-Aktuell 97/2020" ; Gesehen am 12.01.2021

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP comment ; 2021, no. 3 (January 2021) ; SWP comment ; 2021, no. 3 (January 2021)

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Wirtschaftsraum ; Region ; Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag ; Freihandelsabkommen ; Freihandelszone ; Internationale Organisation ; Normung ; Australien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (who): SWP
• (when): [January 2021]
• Creator: Dieter, Heribert
• Contributor: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Further information

• DOI: 10.18449/2021C03
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023112314253637025321
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:22 AM CEST