Analysts weigh implications of China’s latest stance on CPTPP

Longtime China specialists say they doubt the sincerity of China’s recent expressions of interest in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but they agree the idea should be closely watched by the U.S. Late last month Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the country has a “positive and open attitude toward joining the CPTPP,” the successor to TPP following the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from it in January 2017. The Obama administration long touted...