Sajjad Ashraf, Former Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore
Oct 13, 2021
The creation of AUKUS is being criticized by many as an instigation on the part of the U.S. and the U.K., with third parties in Asia as well as Europe deeply troubled by its announcement.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor, National Niigata University in Japan
Oct 13, 2021
It is natural for Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, to provide leadership in global economic governance. But preventing a repeat of its failure with the Kyoto Protocol requires it to abandon its U.S.-centrism and its fealty to certain myths of the CPTPP.
Richard Javad Heydarian, Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Jun 22, 2021
Southeast Asia’s coalition of small-to-medium sized nations have hosted superpower conflicts, yet they are overshadowed by larger regional powers on the global stage time and time again. American leadership will struggle to find welcoming allies there without a drastic upgrade in its dealings with ASEAN member nations.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor, National Niigata University in Japan
Apr 17, 2021
China and the U.S. need to figure out intellectually what they are vying for. They do not have territorial disputes in the ordinary sense, nor are they in binary ideological opposition of the kind seen during the Cold War era.
Hugh Stephens, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Feb 08, 2021
The resurrected TPP, spearheaded by Japan, alongside the RCEP agreement has the potential to offset billions in economic losses from the U.S.’s trade war. In due time, it could be a prize too sweet for the U.S. to hold out from.
Zhang Monan, Senior Fellow, China Center for International Economic Exchanges
Jan 04, 2021
The country is determined to make reforms necessary to becoming a full participant in a world currently being shaped by mega FTAs. It wants to play a bigger role in international rule-making, but some changes won’t be easy.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Dec 15, 2020
The country is confident that it will meet the emerging trade partnership’s high standards through reforms at home. But the U.S. and others may attempt to derail it through the “poison pill” clause of the USMCA.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Sep 09, 2019
Relying on its extraordinary strength, the United States can apply extreme pressure to chop an integral free trade agreement into several parts and then negotiate advantages in each.
Liu Junhong, Researcher, Chinese Institute of Contemporary Int'l Relations
Jan 16, 2019
Japan will need some big friends to balance against the US.
Wang Huiyao, Founder, Center for China & Globalization
Jan 08, 2019
How joining the CPTPP could serve China’s interests at home and abroad.