How Important is TPP to Our Asia Policy?

Commentary by Murray Hiebert, Matthew P. Goodman, and Ernest Z. Bower

Published November 13, 2013

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Part of the Global Forecast 2014

The 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), whose aim is to liberalize trade in the Asia-Pacific region, is a central plank of the Obama administration’s “rebalance” to Asia. The negotiating partners include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam.

Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert sat down with Ernest Z. Bower, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, Matthew Goodman, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, and Scott Miller, William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, to discuss the prospects for and significance of TPP.

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Asia Defense and Security Geopolitics and International Security Economics Asian Economics and Trade and International Business
Murray Hiebert

Murray Hiebert

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Southeast Asia Program
Matthew P. Goodman

Matthew P. Goodman

Former Senior Vice President for Economics

Ernest Z. Bower

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