17.09.2021
Professor Julien Chaisse, an associate member of CCCL, explains that China’s application to join the 11-member CPTPP places the US in a situation of emergency. There are some ideas ranging from Supply Chain Resilience Initiative to new free-trade agreements, but there is a manifest lack of integrated strategy that would include security, trade, etc.
Read the full article here: Su-Lin Tan & Orange Wang, China’s bid to join Pacific Rim trade pact heaps pressure on US to step up regional economic strategy, South China Morning Post, September 17, 2021 < https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3149192/chinas-bid-join-pacific-rim-trade-pact-heaps-pressure-us >.
