APEC在東亞區域主義興起中的發展

APEC's Development in the Rise of East Asian Regionalism

在1990年代初期，APEC一度被視爲是亞太區域主義發展的開端，但因爲該組織之發展模糊，以制度性經濟整合爲基礎發展而來的東亞區域主義，例如「東協加N自由貿易協定（包括東協加一與東協加三）」，自1990年代後期已引起廣大注意。更重要的是，東亞經濟整合的發展已對APEC及其成員產生延伸效應，同時影響APEC在未來亞太區域架構的重要性。有鑑於此，各種對於亞太與東亞區域間經濟合作關係的關切正日趨增加。因此，除檢視區域整合計畫在亞太及東亞區域的發展外，本文主要目的在探討APEC及其成員對亞洲區域架構發展的回應及發展，並藉此探究APEC在此方面須面臨的重要問題與可能展望。

In the early 1990s, APEC can be seen as a significant departure in Asia-Pacific regionalism. Yet, as the Asia-Pacific regionalism is till vague, East Asian regionalism based on institutional economic integration such as ”ASEAN plus N FTAs (ASEAN+1 and ASEAN+3)” has drawn plenty of attention since the late 1990s. More importantly, the development of East Asian economic integration has generated extensive impacts on APEC and its members as well as its relevance in the future architecture of the Asia-Pacific region.Under this circumstance, various concerns about the relationship between Asia-Pacific and East Asian economic cooperation have increasingly surfaced. In addition to examining the development of regional integration schemes in both Asia-Pacific and East Asian regions, this paper aims to explore the response of APEC and its members towards the regional architecture by identifying some critical issues and perspectives in this regard.