Obama’s Legacy and Sino-US Relations

President Obama’s sixth State of the Union (SOTU) address was heavy on domestic policy and light on foreign policy. The president did not talk much about recent progress in the US-Chinese relations. Instead, he focused on the urgency to complete the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement – without China. There is a reason to the omission and the focus: the Obama White House is increasingly concerned over its legacy.



Dan Steinbock, Research Director, India China and America Institute via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1z5ZDGU