Finding a TPP Alternative is Becoming a Priority

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, the landmark trade agreement linking the United States, Japan and 10 other Asia-Pacific countries, looks set to become the biggest casualty of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The path for congressional approval was at best a narrow one already, but the growing election-year controversy over the TPP looks to have choked it off entirely. For America’s economic partners in Asia, it is time to start looking for a plan B.