The Influence Of TPP Policy For Northeast Asia Economic Cooperation

Since the 21 st century, compared with the European regional cooperation with mental preparation, upper-level coordination and strict layout, the regional economic cooperation and economic integration in East Asia started late with many restrictive factors. During the cold war period, it was limited by the contradictions between China and western countries. After the cold war, due to historical problems and political conflicts, no great progress was made. The united fight against financial crisis facilitated East Asian countries to generate the sense of regional belonging and have the intention to enhance the cooperation. Crisis also served as the catalyst that urged cooperation. As a result, the regional cooperation in Northeastern Asia was characterized with poor planning and inadequate preparations. In addition, the US was the “external hegemony” in East and North Asia. It took the non-supportive attitude toward the cooperation in Northeastern Asia, hindered and intervened with regional integration by all means. The US intended to Northeastern region should be included into its global strategic system to contain Japan’s and Korea’s centrifugal trend to be away from the US, maintained and enhanced Asian union countries’ identification with and conformity to the US’ leadership. After WWII, the US has been intervening with Northeastern Asia’s military, politics and economy. For the rapid development of East Asia, especially Northeastern Asia, China, Japan and Korea have been carried out regional and economic integration. The US opposed that Northeastern Asia should be included in the framework of Asia-Pacific regional economic cooperation. The paper bases on the current situation of economic cooperation in East Asia, analyzes the effects that the US’ TPP strategy may exert on the regional cooperation, elaborates on China’s international environment, and proposes suggestions on the countermeasures.The paper puts forward that TPP is the strategy for the US to recover its economy and consolidate its position as the hegemony in the world. First of all, the US intends to re-formulate the new global trading rule to re-divide the global trading situation. From the starting point of TPP, the US helps domestic enterprises to enter Asia-Pacific market and realize the recovery of the US’ economy. Second, the US attempts to transform from military-based East Asia partnership to the overall union of economy-based partnership and further deepens the connection with partner countries. Moreover, it contains the rising China.Primarily, the paper analyzes the process, contents and features of the US’ TPP so as to delve into the actual strategic intention of TPP. In 2008, the US suddenly announced to take part in P4 agreement and master the dominance quickly and began to spread the agreement in the whole world. So far, 11 countries have taken part in TPP that sets up high-standard admission requirements compulsorily regardless of the reality that each country has different development levels. Moreover, it excludes the second largest economy, China and Russia in BRICS as well as a majority of developing countries in the whole globe. Under the background that the US promotes TPP greatly, the economic integration within East Asia is strongly destroyed. Regional integration has been separated by TPP nations and non-TPP nations.In the second part, the paper mainly analyzes the effects of US-dominated TPP on the progress of economic cooperation in East Asia. As the core economic nation in East Asia, the regional economic strategy among China, Japan and Korea changes greatly due to TPP. Moreover, it exerts major effects on the three nations’ regional cooperation.In the third part, the paper expounds on China’s measures to handle US-dominated TPP: First, carry out diplomacy to promote the economic cooperation in East Asia; Second, continue accelerating FTA negotiation among China, Japan and Korea in the regional cooperation in East Asia; Third, deepen domestic reform and set up four economic free trading zones to conduct economic reform; Fourth, establish “new big power relation” with the US to relieve the doubts about Sino-US strategy.The fourth part makes a summary of and proposes expectations on the whole paper.