Analysts question whether China can meet ‘high standard’ to join CPTPP, as Taiwan bid encouraged

Some trade analysts say bringing China onboard the CPTPP could foster higher trading standards in the Ottawa-Beijing relationship.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, middle, will have to decide whether it wants Xi Jinping's China, and Tsai Ing-wen's Taiwan to join the CPTPP. President Xi is pictured, left, with President Ing-wen pictured right. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 13, 2021

Beijing and Taipei have both signalled a desire to join a trade deal that includes Canada and 10 other Pacific Rim countries, but questions loom over whether China can meet the “high standard” of the pact, say analysts. Some say a Chinese accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement...

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