A man makes a phone call during an extraordinary legislative session of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei (REUTERS/Nicky Loh).
Paper
Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Political Dimension
October 2013, Richard C. Bush III
Richard Bush describes some of the obstacles to Taiwan’s becoming a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including the disciplines that TPP imposes, resistance from some domestic interests, and potential opposition from China. Bush describes 12 sequenced policy steps that must be taken in order to overcome the obstacles to TPP membership for Taiwan.