China to keep eye on TPP impact

Such trade deals can have disruptive effect on non-signatories, official says

China will conduct comprehensive and systematic assessments of the fallout from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a broad agreement between 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan and the United States, since it believes that such deals have disruptive effects on non-signatory nations, a top government official said.

Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said China is of the view that changes in the global trade pattern should be decided by adjustments in the industrial structure and through product competitiveness in global markets.