The US Is Right to Refuse RCEP Trade Deal Favoring China

(L–R) Officials from Singapore, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, New Zealand, India, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines pose for a group photo during the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit in Bangkok on Nov. 4, 2019. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images

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China stands to be the big winner of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and it would have benefitted even more if the United States had joined the multilateral trade deal.