But a closer look reveals that China is not a part of this agenda. The TPP is also a political response to China's new aggressiveness, built therefore in a spirit of confrontation and containment, not of cooperation.
原则上各国都可以自由加入协议。日本和加拿大也宣称计划加入。但仔细观察之下就会发现中国并不在这个议程之内。跨太平洋伙伴关系协议其实也是一个对中国新进攻态势的政治回应，因此也构建于对抗和遏制之上，与合作毫不相干。