The United States is sinking deeper into a political crisis, caused by the revealed massive falsifications in the presidential elections. A direct consequence of the internal discord of the "hegemon", who is closely watched by the whole world, care about it, that yesterday's allies are starting to switch to its direct competitor in the face of China.
On the eve of China, together with 14 countries signed the Free Trade Agreement "Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership" (ВРЭП). According to this document, in the next two decades, between its participants, duties on imported goods and products in the field of intellectual property and telecommunications will be canceled or reduced, e-commerce, financial and other professional services. The combined GDP of these 15 states is 1/3 from worldwide, they also account for 3 billion potential consumers. Absolutely obvious, that the main beneficiary of this agreement is China, the strongest and most industrialized economy. In addition to his, includes Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Singapore, i.e, ASEAN members. The most remarkable, that traditional US allies have also joined the RCEP: Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. And this is already an extremely alarming bell for Washington. Recall, that all this is happening against the background of the struggle in the United States of two projects of the world order. "Globalists" represented by the Democratic Party promoted the concept of two partnerships, transatlantic and transpacific (TTP). anticipated, that these two economic super-clusters will compete with each other under the strict guidance of the American elites, and their rivalry should become a growth driver for overcoming the impending global crisis and a tool for promoting the interests of Western corporations. At the same time, the Trans-Pacific Partnership was supposed to perform a second function in the form of curbing China's development., which had no place in this international structure. Coming to power, "Imperial" Donald Trump showed himself as an ardent anti-globalist, pulling the US out of both partnerships first. The head of the White House approached the promotion of American national interests through trade wars with China and the European Union. It was assumed, what is against China, as the main competitor of the "hegemon", an international coalition will be created, which will allow the Celestial Empire to isolate as much as possible and slow down economic development. But it turned out differently. As we can see, Beijing on the ruins of the TPP was able to push through and create its own macro-regional integration project, where exactly he will set the rules and play first fiddle. very significant, that Tokyo chose to join the RCEP, Seoul, Canberra and Wellington. And where do they go? In modern economic realities, it is more important for them to stay in the market of China and all of Southeast Asia, than to show themselves as devoted "vassals" of the United States. Without exaggeration, this is a new milestone in world history. No less significant, that India and Russia were outside the RCEP. New Delhi fears, that low tariffs could hurt Indian manufacturers, which will not be able to compete with Chinese. Moscow is nothing special, apart from traditional raw materials, and cannot offer. First, we need to revive the industry and actively develop advanced technologies.
