The promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represented a major component of the strategy of rebalancing. Through the TPP, the Obama administration aimed at achieving several objectives: (1) ‘locking in’ an America-friendly form of free market capitalism as the main normative platform for economic integration in the Asia Pacific region; (2) reaffirming Washington’s capacity to shape the rules and norms of the international order; (3) keeping the region open to US influence and preventing China from creating a network of international institutions based on its leadership. The likely rejection of the agreement would dramatically diminish the possibility of achieving those objectives, weakening the foundations of the US-led order in Asia.
Matteo Dian (2017). The strategic value of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the consequences of abandoning it for the US role in Asia. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, 56, 583-597 [10.1057/s41311-017-0051-y].
The strategic value of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the consequences of abandoning it for the US role in Asia
DIAN, MATTEO
2017
Abstract
The promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represented a major component of the strategy of rebalancing. Through the TPP, the Obama administration aimed at achieving several objectives: (1) ‘locking in’ an America-friendly form of free market capitalism as the main normative platform for economic integration in the Asia Pacific region; (2) reaffirming Washington’s capacity to shape the rules and norms of the international order; (3) keeping the region open to US influence and preventing China from creating a network of international institutions based on its leadership. The likely rejection of the agreement would dramatically diminish the possibility of achieving those objectives, weakening the foundations of the US-led order in Asia.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
