{"id":60932,"date":"2025-09-17T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/?p=60932"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:51:29","slug":"%ef%bc%bbevent-report%ef%bc%bdhow-can-asia-preserve-and-enhance-the-rules-based-trading-system-in-todays-world-through-plurilateral-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/2025\/09\/17\/60932\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff3bEvent Report\uff3d\u201cHow can Asia preserve \u2013 and enhance \u2013 the rules-based trading system in today\u2019s world through plurilateral agreements?\u201d\u2014 API Roundtable with Ms. Jane Mellsop from the Asia Society Policy Institute, Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Asia Pacific Initiative (API) held a roundtable on September 8, 2025, welcoming  Ms. Jane Mellsop, Director of Trade, Investment and Economic Security of the Asia Society Policy Institute.<\/p>\n

The discussion began by examining existing agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Participants considered the limitations of these frameworks and explored how new plurilateral agreements\u2014arrangements at a scale below the World Trade Organization (WTO)\u2014might emerge to fill existing gaps.<\/p>\n

The group then turned to the feasibility of sector-specific agreements as an alternative to the comprehensive frameworks discussed earlier. While recognizing that the absence of cross-sectoral bargaining mechanisms may complicate consensus-building in sectoral negotiations, participants nonetheless underscored the importance of pursuing such agreements.<\/p>\n

Finally, Ms. Mellsop and participants discussed which countries\u2014or coalitions of countries\u2014might take the lead in advancing new plurilateral initiatives, including the potential role of Japan as a promoter and facilitator.<\/p>\n

API experts engaged in a productive exchange of ideas with Ms. Mellsop, with a view to further enhancing a report currently being prepared by the Asia Society Policy Institute<\/p>\n

API once again extends its sincere appreciation to Ms. Mellsop for visiting the International House of Japan (IHJ) and contributing to a timely and highly substantive exchange of views.<\/p>\n

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The Asia Pacific Initiative (API) held a roundtable on September 8, 2025, welcoming  Ms. Jane Mellsop, Director of Trade, Investment and Economic Security of the Asia Society Policy Institute. The discussion began by examining existing agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Participants …<\/p>\n

\uff3bEvent Report\uff3d\u201cHow can Asia preserve \u2013 and enhance \u2013 the rules-based trading system in today\u2019s world through plurilateral agreements?\u201d\u2014 API Roundtable with Ms. Jane Mellsop from the Asia Society Policy Institute, Washington D.C.<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":60930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-no-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60933,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60932\/revisions\/60933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}