Keeping China In or Out? Beijing Vs. Washington on TPP

Global economic diplomacy gets more complicated as China plays its cards.

By Shihoko Goto, March 23, 2015 | http://www.theglobalist.com/keeping-china-in-or-out-beijing-vs-washington-on-tpp/Does China simply want to rewrite the rules of the global game and create frameworks that work to its advantage, or can it be brought back into the fold? These are questions anxiously asked not just in Asia’s capital, but also in Washington, D.C. itself where there is growing nervousness about China’s longer-term objectives.
As Beijing’s economic might and political power continue to grow and its influence across Asia and beyond spreads, it may seem that when it comes to new rules for a new regional order, China has the upper hand.http://www.theglobalist.com/keeping-china-in-or-out-beijing-vs-washington-on-tpp/