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Taiwan, Not China, Should Join Pacific Trade Pact

Taiwan, Not China, Should Join Pacific Trade Pact
(L-R) Trade or foreign ministers of Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, Chile, Brunei, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Vietnam pose for an official picture after signing the rebranded 11-nation Pacific trade pact Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Santiago, Chile, on March 8, 2018. Claudio Reyes/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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On Sept. 16, China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, submitted the country’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP is the successor to the TPP, from which President Trump withdrew in 2017 due to concerns about China taking advantage of its state-run economy to wipe out American jobs and industry. CPTPP countries should likewise protect their economies from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) predatory trade practices.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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