US economic statecraft in East Asia

Kelton, Maryanne

doi:10.1093/irap/lcn001

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“…Economic statecraft is a practice through which noneconomic ends are achieved through economic means, such as a state’s use of economic tools to achieve geopolitical and security objectives (see, for example, Baldwin, 1985; Drezner, 1999; Kelton, 2008; Kunz, 1997; Mastanduno, 1998). Scholars such as Alves (2013), Brautigam and Tang (2012), Gallagher and Irwin (2015) and Zhang and Keith (2017) have applied the concept in their examination of China’s pursuit of geopolitical and geoeconomic goals.…”

Section: Chinese Economic Statecraftmentioning

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The Railroad Economic Belt: Grand strategy, economic statecraft, and a new type of international relations

Yan

2020

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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China’s grand strategy is evolving towards greater activism under Xi Jinping – from ‘keeping a low profile’ to ‘striving for achievement’. New initiatives such as forging ‘a new type of international relations’, ‘a community with a shared future for mankind’, and the Belt and Road Initiative have become marked features of the ‘Xi-change’ in China’s grand strategy. From an economic statecraft perspective, this article hypothesises that the Xi-change led to a power centralisation in the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Railroad Economic Belt. To support its geopolitical and geoeconomic objectives, the Chinese state has replicated the domestic state-industrial complex. In the context of the Jakarta–Bandung High-speed Rail Corridor, the domestic roles of the National Development and Reform Commission and the China Railway Corporation have been internationalised to ensure the globalisation of China’s high-speed rail industry could be conducted in a concerted and choreographed fashion.

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Section: Chinese Economic Statecraftmentioning

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The Railroad Economic Belt: Grand strategy, economic statecraft, and a new type of international relations

Yan

2020

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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“…This development can be dated to the first PTA that the United States negotiated, that with Israel in 1985, but it gained momentum after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks when the Bush administration initiated a series of PTA negotiations with countries that were of strategic or geopolitical importance to the United States (Higgott 2004;Kelton 2008). These agreements were used to reward or shore up allies (for example, agreements with Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman) or to promote existing security arrangements (for example, Australia, Chile, and Singapore) (Aggarwal and Ahnid 2011).…”

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Symposium: Australia–US Economic Relations and the Regional Balance of PowerAustralia, the United States and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Diverging Interests and Unintended Consequences

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Ravenhill

2013

Australian Journal of Political Science

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When the talks for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were launched in 2010, there appeared to be a coincidence of interests between the American and Australian governments in negotiating a high-quality, '21st-century' trade arrangement that would multilateralise the bilateral and minilateral trade agreements that have proliferated in the Asia-Pacific region in the last 15 years. As the negotiations progressed, however, a divergence between American and Australian interests became apparent. Protectionist interests in the United States have prevented the administration from improving on market access agreements in the current preferential trade agreements with TPP partners, thereby undermining the multilateralisation objective. Some of the elements of the US template for 21st-century trade agreements, notably enhanced protection for intellectual property, and the inclusion of investor-state dispute resolution, clash with Australian trade priorities. Moreover, the central role of the TPP in the US 'pivot to Asia' has led to perceptions that it is part of a strategy to encircle China: consequently the TPP may force Australia to make the very choice between China and the United States that the government wishes to avoid.

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APEC and Security

Ravenhill

2012

The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific

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US economic statecraft in East Asia

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

The Railroad Economic Belt: Grand strategy, economic statecraft, and a new type of international relations

The Railroad Economic Belt: Grand strategy, economic statecraft, and a new type of international relations

Symposium: Australia–US Economic Relations and the Regional Balance of PowerAustralia, the United States and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Diverging Interests and Unintended Consequences

APEC and Security

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