A research report analyzing deepening economic integration in the Indo-Pacific region and Japan's strategic role.
This research conducts comprehensive analysis of how progress in economic partnerships including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) affects regional economic integration, trade and investment patterns, and supply chain construction. Particularly, structural changes including intensified US-China confrontation, expanding importance of economic security, and digital economy development are examined in detail for their impacts on regional economy.
Regional economic integration analysis conducts quantitative evaluation of characteristics of each economic partnership agreement, member countries' economic scales and development stages, and integration effects, clarifying relationships and complementarity among overlapping frameworks. Additionally, trade creation effects, investment promotion effects, and technology transfer effects are analyzed by industry and country.
The article concludes that Japan's active role in realizing peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region will benefit the entire region.