The US would, of course, need to respond to the conclusion of any trilateral Northeast Asian FTA in order to preserve its own role in global trade – and in the supply chains that dominate the Asian economies. It would likely seek to expand and deepen the infant Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade agreement that President Barack Obama committed the US to last year.
当然，美国也需要对任何三边东北亚自贸协议的实现做出回应，以维护自身在全球贸易——以及主宰亚洲经济的供应链中的角色。该国很可能会试图扩大和深化目前尚处于襁褓之中的《跨太平洋伙伴关系协议》（Trans-Pacific Partnership）——总统奥巴马去年已经开始将美国导入其中。