... possible, diversify the supply chains of those RCEP participants that are strategically important for the United States. This priority also determines which countries will be involved in the initiative. These include India, which has pulled out of the RCEP, and the “system-forming core” of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the six fastest-growing ASEAN countries. In turn, the exponentially growing dependence on China in the context of post-COVID development exacerbates the dilemma of export-oriented countries that are in dire need of external sources of growth.
The Investment and Infrastructure ...
... financing arrangements (RFAs) of the countries of Eurasia.
The platform for regional integration arrangements would work towards advancing greater inter-operability into the digital platforms of Eurasia’s regional groupings such as the EU, the EAEU, ASEAN, RCEP, EFTA, BIMSTEC, SAFTA, GCC.
The platform for regional development banks and funds such as EDB, EIB, ADB, EBRD, SDF, CAF would focus on building project portfolios in the area of digital cooperation/digital connectivity/digital inclusiveness and work ...
... learned to establish close ties among themselves based on mutual respect and equality. The ASEAN member states set the tone, surely playing a system-forming role in all regional projects and projecting their political culture and practice—the so-called ASEAN way—onto them.
Yaroslav Lissiovolik:
RCEP: A Crucial Milestone in Mega-Regionalism
And that happens at the time when, after the West’s 150-year-long domination, the combined result of the Industrial Revolution and the creation of colonial empires, the role of global economy’s engine ...
