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Trans-Pacific Partnership
US and Vietnam Should Tread Carefully on Relations
By Brian Benedictus
While a strategic relationship makes sense on paper, both sides should temper their expectations.
The Potential of the TPP for Vietnam
By Truong-Minh Vu & Nguyen Nhat-Anh
The TPP, if it happens, could provide economic and strategic benefits for Vietnam.
Free Trade Agreements: Not As Free As You Think
By Ji Xianbai
There is no free trade with or between major trading partners.
India and the Geopolitics of Trade
By Ritesh Kumar Singh & Prerna Sharma
New Delhi is backtracking on an agreement made in Bali just months ago. Why?
Don’t Let Taiwan Fall Behind, But at What Cost?
By J. Michael Cole
Signing the Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement (CSSTA) has massive costs for Taiwan.
Abe Wraps Up Latin America Tour
By Clint Richards
The usual deals have been signed, while Abe hints at greater access for foreign partners.
India and Indo-Pacific Economic Cooperation
By Bipul Chatterjee & Surendar Singh
Indo-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an idea whose time is at hand. India should be proactive.
The TPP and Japanese Agriculture
By Mina Pollmann
The farm sector’s influence is on the wane in Japan, although you wouldn’t know it from the TPP talks.
Xi’s Transformational Diplomacy and Strategic Competence
By Vasilis Trigkas
Xi is harnessing China’s growing strength for a peaceful ascendance as a rising global power.
Japan’s Persistent Labor Shortage
By Clint Richards
An inflexible labor market, immigration and low fertility form the Japanese labor shortage trifecta.
New EU Free Trade Talks Good for Abenomics
By Clint Richards
The EU’s agreement to a new round of FTA talks could give Abe’s economic reform additional momentum.
The Three Pillars of Abe’s Oceania Tour
By Clint Richards
Japan will seek to build on progress in energy, defense and trade with its regional partners next month.