The United States has joined several other countries in embracing a Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade pact linking the Americas with Asia. Japan’s ruling party and leading opposition party are coming around to support the idea, and Obama’s invitation to China to join suggests that the US is trying to forge regional consensus where it can.
唯有认识到共同追求才能避免地区军事化。正确方向的最初步骤已经可以看到。美国与其他一些国家加入了泛太平洋合作伙伴关系协定，这是一个联系美洲和亚洲的自由贸易契约。日本执政党和最大反对党均支持该协定，奥巴马邀请中国加入的举动表明美国在可行的时候也在试图打造地区共识。