All about the Trans-Pacific Partnership

On December 30, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement among 11 Asia-Pacific nations comes into effect. The United States was part of the original agreement, but the Trump administration pulled out of the trading bloc. David Dollar talks with Mireya Solís , director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, about the TPP, its effects on tariffs, its provisions on e-commerce, and Japan's role in keeping the agreement alive after the U.S. departed. Discussion also focused on China's relationship from the outside to the pact, the WTO, state-owned enterprises, and how other nations—including the U.S.—could join. Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on Apple Podcasts , send feedback email to BCP@Brookings.edu , and follow us and tweet us at @policypodcasts on Twitter. Dollar and Sense is a part of the Brookings Podcast Network .