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relations with our largest ally in Asia, Japan, and signal that the U.S. Rejoining TPP would serve multiple purposes: 1) it would strengthen U.S. The remaining members were able to maintain the vast majority of the TPP agreement, only turning off a few provisions, such as extended pharmaceutical patents, that were pushed only by the U.S. After President Trump pulled out of the original TPP, Japan played a leading role in maintaining an ambitious trade agreement among the other 11 Asia-Pacific members. We propose that the United States rejoin the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Thornton China Center, and Mireya Solís, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.ĭavid Dollar, Senior Fellow in the John L.

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Or, as an alternative, it should begin negotiations on a series of agreements on trade and investment that cumulatively would be the functional equivalent of a bilateral trade agreement. The next administration should immediately begin exploratory talks with Taiwan on negotiating a bilateral trade agreement. Bush, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Center for East Asia Policy and the John L. For literally hundreds more, check out all our research.Īsia Pursue deeper trade ties with Taiwan. Here, Brookings Foreign Policy experts offer 19 concrete ideas. The next president, whoever he is, will need smart, specific, actionable policy ideas at his fingertips to navigate a fraught international environment. military that has been successfully reorienting toward stronger deterrence of China and Russia. He’ll have alliances that remain intact albeit frayed, and a highly capable U.S. He’ll face opportunities, too, including the chance to make highly consequential and hopefully constructive choices on China, international trade, and post-COVID recovery. Whoever wins next week’s presidential election will face an ongoing pandemic and the economic and social devastation it has brought, persistent conflicts in the Middle East, deeply strained relations with Europe, and a worsening climate crisis. The world is a vastly different place today than it was four years ago so too are America’s relations with allies, adversaries, and institutions.