In focus: Getting ready for an Asia-Pacific Plan B

With Asia-Pacific trade ministers gathering in Vina del Mar, Chile, for their first formal meeting following the collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the search for a Plan B begins in earnest. Or, if not in earnest, at least symbolically, as the ministers talk collectively about next steps. Interested others will be there – China and South Korea among them. And the U.S., not interested in the TPP but on record as eager to discuss bilaterals with its former TPP negotiating...