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by jariel 2144 days ago
It matters hugely.

Obama's pivot was based on TTP, and generally avoiding direct confrontation with China.

Trump's agenda is completely different - ignoring partnership/bilateral approach, and fairly assertively acting against China.

But those were also strategies founded in different eras: the TTP was create back when China was still not quite powerful enough to be a dangerous world actor. Now it's more of a 'standoff' situation with unpredictable leadership from Trump.

And with only a 4 year horizon after which 'everything changes' on the American side.

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The TTP is in fact direct confrontation, just not overt.