SANTIAGO – With the International Monetary Fund having just cut its forecasts for economic growth in Latin America for the fifth year in a row, the region’s countries are casting about for ways to reignite investment and boost productivity. They should look to fast-growing Asia, argue advocates of the Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP), the proposed mega-regional trade accord that would bind together 12 Pacific Rim countries.
圣地亚哥—国际货币基金组织（IMF）刚刚连续第五年降低了拉丁美洲经济增长预测，该地区各国正在竭力寻找重振投资和刺激生产率的办法。跨太平洋贸易合作伙伴关系（Transpacific Trade Partnership，TPP）支持者认为，它们应该把目光转向高速增长的亚洲。TPP是一项正在讨论中的贸易协定，包括12个环太平洋国家。果真如此吗？