1. FTAAP and China’s approach to Economic Regionalism
Belgian China Studies Network International Conference on China‘s Future
FTAAP and China’s approach to Economic Regionalism
ZHANG, Zhenjiang
School of International Studies, Jinan University, China
June 20-21, 2019
Brussels, Belgium

2. Origin and Development of FTAAP Responses and Debates on FTAAP
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Origin and Development of FTAAP
Responses and Debates on FTAAP
China Taking over the Banner of FTAAP
China’s Approaches towards Economic regionalisms

3. Origin and Development of FTAAP
Expert report entitled "Preliminary Assessment of the FTAAP Program: A Document for ABAC " prepared in 2004, which was welcomed in the joint statement of the APEC Summit.
At the APEC summit held in Vietnam in 2006, the President of the United States gave high-profile support to this idea and called on all parties to "seriously consider" the establishment of the FTAAP.
In 2007 APEC Summit, FTAAP was mentioned in the leaders' declaration: "Through a series of practical and gradual steps, we will study the options and prospects of the FTAAP".

4. Responses and Debates on FTAAP

5. Responses and Debates on FTAAP
General difficulties
Different economic development levels of members in Asia-Pacific
Collective Goods Problems
Special difficulties for Asia-Pacific
The US strategy towards the rising East Asia
Political Feasibility

6. China Taking over the Banner of FTAAP
In 2014, the 22nd APEC Summit in Beijing, all participants reached a consensus on the APEC Promoting the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area Beijing Roadmap.
Chinese President Xi Jinping – an “Asia-Pacific dream” for the people in the region, “the Asia-Pacific community”.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for “all Asia-Pacific countries should work together in building the FTAAP, and free trade arrangements in the Asia- Pacific region should be inclusive and promote each other rather than fragmented or exclusive

7. China’s approaches towards Economic regionalisms
For the global level, China positively supports the WTO and UN process and joins most of the international originations
For the regional and multilateral level, China signed China-ASEAN FTA in and In 2012, China-Japan-Korea FTA started in China also joined the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), initiated by the 10 ASEAN countries.

8. China’s approaches towards Economic regionalisms
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Countries
Chile
Pakistan
New Zealand
Singapore
Peru
Iceland
Switzerland
Korea
Australia
Georgia
Maldives

9. China’s approaches towards Economic regionalisms
Competitive regionalisms in the Post-WTO Era
Comparative advantage: “World’s Factory”
Regionalism vs Globalism: From Stumbling-blocks to Building-blocks

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