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short answer: no, China was not a partner to the TPP. long answer: getting a multilateral trade agreement with nearly all of China's trade partners in Asia-Paci
by princeb 9y ago
short answer: no, China was not a partner to the TPP. long answer: getting a multilateral trade agreement with nearly all of China's trade partners in Asia-Pacific will influence trade standards in China, but not to the extent that China will do anything about this JV requirement.
- gok 9y agoChina’s exclusion was in fact a point of TPP. The other members would have had a better shot at being able to enforce rules that China ignores (state aid, intellectual property, etc).