About the Prospects of Megaregional Trade Agreements

Abstract

The article deals with megaregional trade agreements TTIP, TPP, RCEP, CETA, JEEPA/JEFTA. Special attention is drown to the explanation of convergence of participants as well as to the contradictions among them. In particular, the author emphasizes the differences between the US, from the one side, and EU, Canada, Japan, from the other side, in the approaches to further trade liberalization. The author have also made assumptions about immediate prospects of MRTA.