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Multilateral and Bilateral Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia

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  • Yana Valeryevna Dyomina

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The review is devoted to the formats of bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation of the Northeast Asia (NEA) countries. NEA comprises six countries that account for 23,3% of the worldÒs population, 25,7% of the global GDP and 22,1% of the worldÒs merchandise exports. Despite their considerable potential, the NEA countries do not have six-party agreements on trade, investment, customs or migration cooperation, preferring projects with a wider range of participants. There are no such agreements on a trilateral basis between the ÑBig ThreeÒ countries, which include China, Japan and the Republic of Korea and act as the NEA ÑlocomotiveÒ. These areas of cooperation are developed mainly on a bilateral basis. The majority of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by NEA countries are with non-regional partners. At the same time, the DPRK is characterized by a complete lack of agreements, and Russia does not have agreements with subregional partners. Currently there are only two bilateral FTAs in force between the NEA countriesàÖ China-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement and Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement. The process of negotiations and implementation of agreements (both multilateral and bilateral) is significantly complicated by the periodic aggravation of Sino-Japanese and Korean-Japanese relations, as well as the DPRK nuclear weapons issue

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  • Yana Valeryevna Dyomina, 2020. "Multilateral and Bilateral Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia," Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk, Russia), issue 3, pages 156-180.
    • Handle: RePEc:far:spaeco:y:2020:i:3:p:156-180
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2020.3.156-180
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    Keywords

    FTA; Northeast Asia; China; Japan; DPRK; Republic of Korea; Mongolia; Russia;
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    JEL classification:

    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations

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