Virtual Library File - China flexes its muscles at APEC with the revival of FTAAP
The "BRICS" states, including China, and other emerging markets need to position themselves with regard to the increasing emergence of mega-regional trade agreements. They can work towards a greater inclusion into large Western free trade agreements like TTIP and TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) or they can choose to create their own mega trade zones. The article looks at China's plans to create the FTAAP (Free Trade Area of Asia Pacific) as a counter-concept to the American TPP.