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TPP is politics by other means
Posted By Harry White on April 19, 2013 @ 12:20
Mark’s explanation of what is complex terrain is pithy. Asia has two free trade agreements, one championed by the US at the expense of China (TPP), and one via ASEAN which includes China but not the US (RCEP). He writes that whatever the sense of competition between them, neither will do structural harm to the economic interests of the other. So, we should be intolerant of any attempt at a veto of the respective agreements—no state should be allowed to inhibit the trade liberalisation of another.
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[2] Mark’s explanation: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trade-partnership-competition-tpp-vs-rcep/
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