TPP Agreement Fuels Debate Online in China

News that the United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations have finalized the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has prompted some soul searching online in China about the world’s second-largest economy and why it is not a part of the globe’s biggest regional trade pact. The TPP, which aims to raise trade standards, end more than 18,000 tariffs and open the Internet, even in communist Vietnam, is seen as a key step in Washington’s efforts to rebalance its economic presence in...

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