The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia-Pacific Integration: A Quantitative Assessment

by Peter A. Petri, Michael G. Plummer, Fan Zhai

While global trade negotiations remain stalled, two tracks of trade negotiations in the Asia-Pacific--the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and a parallel Asian track--could generate momentum for renewed liberalization and provide pathways to region-wide free trade. This book investigates what these trade negotiations could mean to the world economy. Petri, Plummer, and Zhai estimate that world income would rise by $295 billion per...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00AOAC900
• ISBN13: 9780881326642
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher