Japan’s TPP Strategy And Impact On The Asia-Pacific Regional Economic Cooperation

As the Past world’s second largest economy and the only developed economy in East Asia, Japan has played an important role in East Asian economic cooperation for a long time. In July 2013, Japan announced the accession to the TPP negotiations, so that the TPP mechanism has a significant change in the composition of the members of the internal structure, has not only changed the internal strength of the TPP contrast pattern, but also makes the TPP member countries GDP worth up to $27 trillion, accounting for 40% of the total global economic and trade volume of 1/3,make it become a real "trans Pacific" economic cooperation framework, and have a significant impact on the world economic situation and the Asia Pacific economic integration.For TPP such a huge free trade arrangements, it accords with the need of trade liberalization and regional economic cooperation under the background of economic globalization, is also a reflection of the Asia Pacific economic strength and political power changes caused by the new political demand, will be in the area of regional economic structure, industrial structure and regional cooperation situation produced great influence. Especially for China, because it is in a variety of structural change of superimposed, the external economic environment changes and the resulting pressure may become more sensitive.The from the regional economics theory and its analysis frame of at the same time, the use of Marxist political economics research methods, tries to leading the essential characteristics of TPP rules to the United States, the Japanese strategy in the TPP and facing the main problems, Japan to join the TPP on its own economic ring and Japan to join the TPP to the Asia Pacific regional economic impact analysis.This paper is divided into four parts. The first part of the TPP itself development and analysis of the evolution of. It is pointed out that the TPP in the United States after the intervention, the nature and influence have changed, TPP has become United States in politics return to Asia, the economic enjoy an important platform for Asian development dividend, the U. S.- LED is TPP mechanism is one of the important characteristics.The second part focuses on the analysis of Japan’s strategy in the TPP. Pointed out that although Japan of TPP the pros and cons of controversy is very intense, but Japan to join the TPP negotiations are the political, economic, security and other aspects of the inevitable choice. Starting from this point, economic considerations on the TPP has subsequently relegated to the, it more is a kind of economic for security and economic change political strategic choice.The third part mainly based on Japan to join the TPP is a fait accompli, from a positive effect, negative effect and uncertainty of benefit and so on the different angle on the impact of the Japanese economy after joining the TPP were microscopic analysis. From can be seen that joining the TPP to Japan’s economic impact is very complex, especially the introduction of TPP rules, will the original Japanese economic system and mechanism of impact, forced Japan’s structural reforms, its influence with some uncertainty.In the fourth part, mainly from the angle of economics, from the effects of all Asia Pacific economic mode, trade structure, investment structure influence three aspects, analysis of the mechanism of TPP may impact on the economic structure in the Asia Pacific region. It is pointed out that an important participant in the vital as East Asia’s economies and East Asia regional economic integration process, Japan to join the TPP agreement, will separate East Asia originally with ASEAN as the mainstay of the regional economic integration process, also bring concurrence of RCEP TPP and two different integration path, and bring about shifting effect of trade and investment diversion effect and its impact on the very real.In the conclusion part, the paper briefly analyzes the adverse effects of Japan’s entry into TPP, and as a consideration, it puts forward that China should clarify the ideas and effectively deal with the TPP problem.