CPTPP members now have to figure out what to do about China

Lessons from U.K. accession set ground for dealing with Beijing and Taipei

Wendy Cutler

April 11, 2023 17:00 JST

A CPTPP roundtable in London in 2020: Negotiations for the U.K.'s accession to the agreement took 21 months. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. Prime Minister's Office)

Wendy Cutler is vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute. She previously represented the U.S. in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.

While negotiators from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the U.K. celebrated the successful conclusion of Britain's accession negotiations at the end of March, they have little time to rest on their laurels.