China: Beijing applies to join key Asia-Pacific trade pact following Aukus

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China’s Commerce Minister, Wang Wentao, officially submitted its official application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), informed the Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian during a press conference in Beijing on Friday.
Eleven countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand signed the CPTPP in 2018, which was rejected by former US President Donald Trump.
Zhao Lijian stresses that, “China joining the CPTPP would help promote economic integration in the Asia-Pacific, and facilitate post-COVID economic recovery, trade development and investment growth in the world.”
The move comes a day after the US, UK and Australia announced the Aukus pact to counter Beijing’s presence in the South China Sea. Zhao condemned Aukus once more, saying the US and Australia were ‘complicit’ in interfering in China’s internal affairs.

SOT, Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesman (Mandarin）: “Almost a year ago, China expressed its readiness to actively consider joining the CPTPP. Over the past year, China had informal contacts with the pact members in accordance with CPTPP regulations. On the basis of comprehensive study and assessment of the terms of the agreement and following relevant procedures and steps, Minister of Commerce of China Wang Wentao submitted China’s official application to join the CPTPP in a letter to Trade Minister Damien O’Connor of New Zealand, the depositary of the agreement.”

SOT, Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesman (Mandarin) : “We believe that, built on RCEP’s conclusion, China joining the CPTPP would help promote economic integration in the Asia-Pacific, and facilitate post-COVID economic recovery, trade development and investment growth in the world.”

SOT, Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesman (Mandarin）: “China’s position on the issues including the South China Sea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang is consistent and clear. The United States and Australia are complicit in deliberately smearing China, interfering in China’s internal affairs and driving a wedge between regional countries for their own geopolitical gains. China deplores and firmly opposes this.”

SOT, Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesman (Mandarin): “On September 16, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Dushanbe with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Senior Representative of Iranian Foreign Minister Rasoul Mousavi on the sidelines of the SCO and CSTO summits to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov chaired the meeting. The parties reaffirmed their commitment to promoting peace, security and stability in Afghanistan and the region at large. They stressed that the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Afghanistan should be respected, the basic principle of ‘Afghan-led, Afghan-owned’ should be implemented, and the right of the Afghan people to pursue peace, tranquility, development and prosperity should be upheld. The parties stressed that the US and its allies bear the primary responsibility for Afghanistan’s social and economic reconstruction and should provide much-needed economic, livelihood and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.”
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