Asia-Pacific economic integration seems destined to take on new dimensions. On March 15, officials from eight nations began talks in Melbourne, Australia, on the expansion of a trans-Pacific free trade agreement. The United States, Australia, Peru and Viet Nam are seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which already includes Chile, Singapore, New Zealand and Brunei. In an article pub-lished in the Beijing-based Worm Affairs magazine, Yang Zerui, a researcher with the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, pointed out that the TPP might offer a new approach to creating a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region. Excerpts from this article follow:

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