Ben Cardin actually said...

I will just add if you look at the TPP sections on good governance and human rights, you see that we are developing some international stand...

It seems to me and knowing their DNA, they are not going to voluntarily agree to allow for a free press and dissent, et cetera.

We would like to know that answer to see how we can counter that with an effective strategy.

A sudden regime collapse would create a highly unstable and politically intolerable situation for China, South Korea, and Japan.