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The CPTPP dilemma: To admit China, Taiwan, neither, or both?
Both can potentially strengthen the grouping but members are wary of the baggage they may bring.
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China and Taiwan had both put in formal applications to join the grouping within days of each other in September 2021.
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BEIJING - When Japan, Singapore and other members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) recently met in Vancouver for their annual meeting, they decided to start the process of letting Costa Rica into the club.
Once again, China and Taiwan, which had both put in formal applications to join the grouping
