The CPTPP dilemma: Economic merit versus geopolitical calculation

Publication
Lowy Institute
CPTPP

How far should geopolitical calculation drive trade agreements? It’s the question raised in whom to support and whom to stall for admission to the 12 nation, adjective laden Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP. And it’s the type of dilemma that will be increasingly familiar in the years ahead.


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