BEIJING -- Japan will face a conundrum if China makes an official request to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as the U.S. will absolutely oppose such a trade framework, Jia Qingguo, an international relations expert, told Nikkei.
Calls are growing within China "to quickly join the TPP-11 to be part of rule-making because that would benefit China in the long term," said Jia, a professor at the Peking University School of International Studies, referring to the 11-member trade block formally known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
