| ID | 162647 |
| Title Proper | Economic Interdependence and Peace |
| Other Title Information | a Case Comparison Between the US-China and US-Japan Trade Disputes |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lee, Yaechan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Liberalists have argued that increased economic interdependence will deter the likelihood of war as opportunity costs of a military conflict will not be fashionable for either side. Realists such as Waltz contended that while interdependence promotes peace to a certain extent, it also multiplies the occasions for conflicts. Dale Copeland drew perspectives from both sides to argue that interdependence may lead to peace depending on the expectations of the future trade environment. Now, with the United States’ (US) ongoing trade war with China and its legacy of trade conflicts with Japan in the 1990s, the question of whether economic interdependence brings peace deserves to be revisited. This article, through making a comparison between the cases of bilateral trade conflicts between the US and China and the US and Japan, contends that increased bilateral economic interdependence also increased the frequency of conflicts in the two respective cases. Moreover, it further argues that such increase in frequency was due to the US’s negative expectations on the future trade environment. |
| `In' analytical Note | East Asia: An International Quarterly Vol. 35, No.3; Sep 2018: p.215–232 |
| Journal Source | East Asia: An International Quaterly Vol: 35 No 3 |
| Key Words | Japan ; United States ; Trade War ; China ; Economic Interdependence |