Min Ye in GB Times: TPP and China
Min Ye, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said that the recently-passed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was marketed to voters in part by using fears of the economic might of China.
Ye made the argument in an Oct. 9 article in the international news outlet GB Times entitled “TPP Piles Pressure on China.”
From the text of the article:
Much of the debate has focused on US President Barack Obama’s statement in which he said that the United States, and not countries like China, should “write the rules of global economy”.
“Using China to sell the TPP has been a standard tactic by the US administration. It is not necessary and pushes moderates in China away“, Min Ye, assistant professor of international relations at Boston University, told gbtimes. “I think the TPP should be promoted on its contents and values, not by stoking up the fear of China.”
You can read the entire article here.
Over the summer, Ye was part of the public intellectual delegation by the National Committee on U.S-China Relations and visited Hong Kong, Chengdu, Guangan, Anren, Chongqing, and Beijing. She also attended the annual International Studies Forum at Renmin University.
Ye was the director of East Asian Studies program from 2010-2014 and led the proposal for the Asian Studies major at Boston University. She currently serves as the academic coordinator of the Asian Studies major. Learn more about her here.