Economic and Strategic Determinants of The Trans-Pacific Partnership

• Authors: Stanisław Czesław Kozłowski

Title variants

PL

Ekonomiczne i polityczne determinanty Partnerstwa Transpacyficznego

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł zawiera ekonomiczną i polityczną analizę projektu Partnerstwa Transpacyficznego (TPP). Trwające od marca 2010 r. negocjacje z udziałem 12 państw (USA, Australii, Brunei, Kanady, Chile, Japonii, Malezji, Meksyku, Nowej Zelandii, Peru, Singapuru i Wietnamu) mają doprowadzić do zawarcia wielostronnego porozumienia o wolnym handlu, obejmującego obok otwarcia rynków dla towarów i usług także regulacje wychodzące poza klasyczne zapisy tego typu umów. Dlatego porozumienie w sposób zasadniczy różnić się będzie od dotychczasowych umów o wolnym handlu, stąd mówi się w tym przypadku o umowie nowej generacji lub porozumieniu XXI w. Potencjalnie po podpisaniu i ratyfikacji TPP może być modelem zarówno dla przyszłych umów między państwami APEC, jak i innych państw. Wprawdzie u podstaw TPP legły interesy gospodarcze, ale dość szybko dały o sobie znać wpływ czynników polityczno-strategicznych, zmieniający się globalny układ sił, rywalizacja USA i Chin oraz krzyżujące się w regionie wektory żywotnych interesów Indii, Japonii, Australii oraz państw ASEAN.

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This article provides an economic and political analysis of the past and current state of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) project. The TPP talks, which have been ongoing since March 2010 and now involve 12 nations (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam), are aimed at lowering trade barriers across a much wider range of sectors than classical preferential trade agreements. Namely, it aims at not only removing tariffs on goods and services, but would also cover labor and the environment, intellectual property, government procurement and state-owned enterprises. The latter are forced by the US as the cornerstone of the Obama Administration’s economic policy in the Asia Pacific. TPP is thus a vital part of a plan known as ‘Asia Pivot’ strategy and represents American attempts to re-engage Asia. If completed, TPP agreement could serve as a template for a future trade pact among 21 members of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation regional group.

Keywords

EN

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Asia-Pacific economic integration; global trade liberalisation; Free Trade Agreements in Asia; US ‘Pivot’ to Asia

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Partnerstwo Transpacyficzne; Azja-Pacyfik: integracja ekonomiczna; globalna liberalizacja handlu; Azja – porozumienia o wolnym handlu; “Pivot to Asia” – nowa polityka USA w Azji

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 101-117

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Stanisław Czesław Kozłowski

• Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Singapore

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2014.44.06

Biblioteka Nauki

2021218