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Topping the charts: New Pacific pact: what it means to the U.S . The 15-country Asia-Pacific trading nexus, in the works since 2012, gained impetus when the U.S. pulled out of the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now the question is how the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (China, Japan, Korea and 12 others) will alter Asian trade dynamics. President-elect Joe Biden said in reaction that the U.S. should be setting trade rules “instead of having China and others dictate outcomes because they...