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user-inactivated  ·  2300 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country

    No, they were doing that before the TPP was negotiated, and the TPP was in response to their behavior. TPP was never about free trade in the sense that NAFTA was, and was always about Chinese encirclement.

Maybe my wording is off? I understand this relationship between China, the region, and TPP. That's why I said "even more of an economic influence." As in now they're doubling down even more. I'm sorry if I was vague.