アメリカが○○。中国はたぶん、参加要件満たさない。台湾がはいるかも。

中国がCPTPP加入に向けオーストラリア、マレーシアニュージーランドなどの加盟国と協議。https://t.co/aDfYk4w4mj

— Takehiro Masutomo (@hiromocean) May 18, 2021

10年くらい前、日本が初めてTPPへの参加を表明した時、「中国に対抗するため」というような言説が国内に溢れていた。当時中国から眺めていて、そういう言い方に疑問を持っていたけど、今や中国が真剣に加入を検討していることは疑いようがなくなった。

— Takehiro Masutomo (@hiromocean) May 18, 2021

China is pushing ahead with behind-the-scenes talks to join a major trade deal that originally aimed to exclude Beijing and cement U.S. economic power and trade ties in the Asia-Pacific region.

 The Trans-Pacific Partnership was envisioned by the U.S. as an economic bloc to balance China’s growing power, with then-President Barack Obama saying in 2016 that the U.S., not China, should write the regional rules of trade. His successor Donald Trump pulled out of the deal in 2017, with Japan leading the revised and renamed pact to a successful conclusion the following year.

 The treaty calls on members to have laws and practices protecting rights included in the International Labour Organization’s 1998 declaration, which guarantees freedom of association and collective bargaining, the end of forced or child labor, and elimination of employment discrimination. China doesn’t allow free trade unions and has been accused of using forced labor

A further complication is Taiwan, which says it has held talks with all the CPTPP members and will officially apply when the timing and conditions are right. 

TPPが対中国というのはオバマさんも言っていたわけだね。

でも、アメリカが馬鹿、優柔不断。中国はたぶん、参加要件満たさない。台湾がはいるかも。