Economics
China Steps Up Efforts to Join Trade Pact Created to Exclude It
- Beijing starting talks on technical details of CPTPP pact
- CPTPP officials say Xi wouldn’t discuss joining if not serious
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China is pushing ahead with behind-the-scenes talks to join a major trade deal that originally aimed to exclude Beijing and cement U.S. economic power and trade ties in the Asia-Pacific region.