'Disruptive, lacking in economic sense'

Trade | He Wei

Editor's Note: As the United States pushes for the establishment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it has raised wide concerns whether the attempt is meant to contain the development of the world's second-largest economy. Below are two opposing views from economists and researchers:

Two parallel trade agendas in Asia have led to widespread concern among observers over whether the United States intends to encircle China via economic means.