Published: 6:49pm, 11 Oct, 2018 Updated: 5:01am, 12 Oct, 2018
Beijing may join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as a hedge against growing US protectionism, according to anonymous sources. The sources said that China is likely to sign up to the trade deal in order to protect its own interests from American unilateralism, which has been on the rise since Trump took office. Beijing is in talks with 27 countries over free-trade agreements.