[dear]

If China doesn't follow WTO and any international laws that go against their benefits, why do you expect this TPP would have any effect on them?

[pbourke]

The TPP provides an incentive for all of the countries mentioned - especially the developing ones - not to fall under China’s influence. It’s a soft power bulwark against China, and also a modern trade agreement that respected environment, workers rights and intellectual property to a greater degree than many prior agreements.

[nerfhammer]

China was not included in the TPP as the entire point of the TPP was to strengthen Asian economies other than China.