The RCEP and Other Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Rgion

Abstract

The thesis deals with the mega-FTA in the Asia-Pacific Region called the RCEP, and Australia's other bi- and multilateral trade agreements. The region itself prepared a delicate web of trade relations over time, due to their needs for their growing economies, while these nations in the region maintained a rather interesting cultural connection with Australia. My aim in this thesis is to show the path of the rising RCEP in connection with the most powerful economies of the region, and Australia's role and part in it.