China Still Keen to Join Pan-Pacific Trade Pact and Expects All 11 Members to Support Its Bid, Says Vice Minister

File image of China's Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen who is also Beijing's lead negotiator for admission to the pan-Pacific trade pact known as CPTPP. Greg Baker / AFP

One of China’s top trade negotiators said Beijing is still committed to joining the pan-Pacific trade pact known as CPTPP (formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership) even though the odds of admission in the current political environment are close to zero.

Nonetheless, Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said he’s confident that all 11 members of the group would support Beijing’s application given that it would be in their economic interest to do so.

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