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Japan at crossroads in shaping Pacific Rim economic order

Concerning CPTPP entry, Tokyo must take into account Beijing's failure to separate economics from politics

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Tokyo in November 2020. China will not be able to join the CPTPP pact if any member, including Japan, opposes it. | REUTERS

By Ken Endo
Kyodo

Oct 28, 2021

Diplomatic bargaining over interests in the Pacific Rim has been intensifying of late.

Japan must make sure the country is heading in the right direction, when politics in the country are overwhelmingly occupied by the upcoming general election.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, or CPTPP, recently relaunched with 11 members led by Japan, after the United States withdrew from the earlier pact under the previous administration of former President Donald Trump.

Japan at crossroads in shaping Pacific Rim economic order

Concerning CPTPP entry, Tokyo must take into account Beijing's failure to separate economics from politics

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