china? you see it as one of the ways of strengthening itself as opposed to china. >> it was really about embedding the united states as a leader. it is a critically important region for our economy and also strategically. it was a way of raising standards across the region. china is not a member of tpp. some don't recall that. the idea was if you could get china's neighbors to sign up to better labor and better intellect ch intellectual rights that china would have to compete and have to raise their standards ultimately as well. >> so when you look at politics of this you know it well -- you look at a state like iowa. out of many of these concerns agriculture would hugely benefit because countries like japan