Proceedings of the 20th International Academic Conference, Madrid

THE GEOSTRATEGICAL CHALLENGES OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP

ANDRIY KARAKUTS

Abstract:

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an economic treaty of twelve countries from Asia-Pacific region including the United States, which sees the agreement as a major implementation of its drift towards Asia. Besides the economic aspect of the agreement, the creation of a liberal association states that provides new rules for XXI century trade is also of great geostrategic importance. The TPP provides the U.S. the leverages for a regional dominance and creates the rules for development of this strategic region. The agreement could influence the geostrategic architecture of the Asia-Pacific by deepening a political and economic division between the U.S. and China, Japan and China. The TPP can lead to development of the parallel regional integration unions and further divide this area between competing economic and political projects of the U.S. and China.

Keywords: Trans-Pacific Partnership, Asia-Pacific, USA, China, Japan, geostrategy

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2015.020.051

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