In the absence of coherent regional frameworks, it is no surprise that rival structures are being built, with the US championing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which will link 12 Pacific Rim countries into a vast free-trade area, governed by an advanced set of agreed rules. For its part, China is working to establish, through the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and its “Silk Road” initiative, a Sino-centric trade area that perpetuates not only its regional hegemony, but also its state-capitalist model.
在缺少统一地区框架的情况下，毫不奇怪会产生互相敌对的结构。美国领衔的跨太平洋合作伙伴关系（TPP）将环太平洋12国联系起来，形成一个巨大的自由贸易区，并根据一套一致同意的事先确定的规则治理。而中国也在致力于通过亚洲基础设施投资银行和“丝绸之路”计划构建一个以中国为中心的贸易区，这个贸易区将服务于其地区霸权和国家资本主义模式。