Last week, China formally submitted a request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - also known as the CP-TPP, what is China's motivation and is China ready to undergo the structural changes necessary in order to comply with the requirements?

We speak to Dr Juita Mohamad, Indo-Pacific Fellow, Perth USAsia Centre on this matter.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Noelle Lim, Khoo Hsu Chuang

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