The development of the SEZs has undoubtedly been a powerful growth engine for domestic and regional markets in Southeast Asia. It is, however, greatly irresponsible and unethical to overlook their immense social byproducts.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is regarded as the biggest free trade agreement (FTA) ever signed. This mega deal involves fifteen countries of the Asia-Pacific region: the ASEAN group – from where the pact officially originated – plus Australia, New Zealand, China, South Korea and Japan. The treaty is…
[IT] Il commento di Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università di Torino) nell'articolo "Se ora anche la Cina teme il caos a Kabul", di Francesco Bechis per Formiche.
“Pechino nei confronti degli Usa ha argomenti di forte pressione. La Cina non è solo la fabbrica del mondo, ma detiene quasi il completo monopolio dell’estrazione, al 70%, e della lavorazione, al 90%, delle terre rare e dei minerali criticI. Questi materiali, pur non essendo rari in assoluto, richiedono processi di estrazione complessi, costosissimi e altamente inquinanti che l’Occidente ha delegato alla Cina per decenni.”
Anna Caffarena is Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino and the Director of its Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She has served as the first President of the Torino World Affairs Institute.
Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi is Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. He is Head of T.wai's Indo-Pacific Program.
Pietro Masina is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and a Full Professor of International Political Economy, History and Institutions of East Asia at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”.
Prof. Giorgio Prodi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He serves as Vice President of T.wai, the Torino World Affairs Institute.