The typical approach when seeking to finalize an agreement aimed at reducing trade barriers – while attempting to protect labor and environmental standards – is to ask for less, not more, from those on the other side of the table. But at this stage, the TPP is different: the odds of success would be much greater if the US attached the additional requirement that participating countries do not engage in currency manipulation.
对于旨在降低贸易壁垒——同时保护劳动和环境标准——的贸易协定，通常的促成办法是减少而非增加对谈判桌另一面的要求。但在现阶段，TPP并非如此：如果美国加上参与国不能从事货币操纵的附加要求，TPP的成功机会将大很多。