The ASEAN+‘X’ Framework and its Implications for the Economic-Security Nexus in East Asia

Koo, Min Gyo

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4765-8_5

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“…In the case of the United States, some have dated the rise of the "securitization" of trade agreements to the 1985 Israel-US free trade agreement, with a significant increase in such agreements since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 (Capling and Ravenhill 2012: 292;Higgott 2004). Explicit linkage of trade and security also underlies many trade agreements in East Asia, driven in part by the rivalry between two global economic powers, China and Japan (Koo 2013;Lee 2013). Security considerations can be expected to arise as part of the policy dialog about such complex trade agreements.…”

Section: National Security and Attitudes Toward International Trade Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Economics, security, and individual-level preferences for trade agreements

DiGiuseppe

Kleinberg

2018

International Interactions

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Empirical research on the determinants of individual-level support for trade liberalization has focused almost entirely on the economic effects of trade. Yet, international relations scholarship has long recognized that commerce also has a variety of security implications. This paper explores if and when security considerations influence individual attitudes toward trade. In this study, we ask two questions: First, to what extent do expectations about the security implications of trade affect individual-level attitudes toward trade agreements? Second, does the introduction of security concerns into the discussion of trade agreements influence how heavily individuals weigh their economic costs and benefits? We employ an original experiment embedded in a conjoint survey to investigate the relative impact of a variety of economic and security considerations on respondents' support for trade. Our findings suggest that security information matters and undermines the appeal of some, though not all, economic arguments for trade liberalization among our respondents.

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Section: National Security and Attitudes Toward International Trade Amentioning

confidence: 99%