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

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Professor Julien Chaisse Quoted in the South China Morning Post on China’s bid to join Pacific Rim trade pact heaps pressure on US to step up regional economic strategy.

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 >.