..., highlights the challenges of negotiating modern comprehensive trade agreements. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 mega-FTAs Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP Asia-Pacific trade negotiation DEBORAH ELMS The Origins and Evolution of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade...

...Seungjoo Lee The dynamics of institutional balancing is the predominant factor prompting East Asian countries to move to mega-FTAs. Rather than seeking mega-FTAs purely on the basis of economic benefits, these countries, particularly major powers, have attempted to form mega-FTAs to counter...

...Vinod K. Aggarwal This special issue focuses on the rise of mega-FTAs—which involve efforts to liberalize trade across geographical regions with a multiplicity of countries—in the Asia-Pacific. We examine how the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

...John Ravenhill Like other proposed mega-FTAs, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is intended to address twenty-first-century trade issues. The attributes of the RCEP negotiations are unique, however—being shaped by the dominant political interests in its member states...

... to much existing literature, it is argued here that governments in the Asia-Pacific region should not be alarmed by the fate of this mega-regional trade deal. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 mega-FTAs Trans-Pacific Partnership World Trade Organization SIMON J...

... political debate on a “second WTO accession” and China’s strategy toward the changing regional architecture. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 mega-FTAs mega-regional negotiations free trade agreement strategies Asia China policy PENGHONG CAI China s Responses...