Editorial Board
The Best Way to Strengthen Ties With Asia? Ratify TPP
A trade deal would lift all economies, without pitting the U.S. against China.
America's military options are limited.
Source: U.S. Navy/Getty ImagesFor Congress, in a year when voters of both parties are worried about globalization, the political cost of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal may seem prohibitive. But the economic case for the pact is convincing. And in Southeast Asia, the strategic costs of not approving it are high -- and rising fast.