进入21世纪以来,东盟巧施大国平衡战略,通过签署5个东盟+1自由贸易协定取得了东亚地区经济合作的领导地位。但美国力推的TPP使东盟的主导地位面临挑战,东盟推出RCEP予以应对,试图重构以东盟为轴心的东亚经济合作网络,制衡大国势力,维护东盟在本地区的话语权。虽然RCEP谈判将会面临诸多困难,但其实现也是可预期的。 Since entering the 21st century, ASEAN has strategically adopted a balanced strategy for major powers and has won the leading position of economic cooperation in East Asia through the signing of five ASEAN + 1 free trade agreements. However, the TPP promoted by the United States poses a challenge to ASEAN’s dominance. ASEAN has launched the RCEP to deal with it. It tries to reconstruct East Asia’s economic cooperation network with ASEAN as its axis, checks and balances the power of the big powers and maintains ASEAN’s right to speak in the region. Although the RCEP negotiations will face many difficulties, its realization is also predictable.