Click here to access article by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar from Land Destroyer Report.
Here is another rather brief report of the effects of the Empire's attempt to integrate within its orbit the Pacific area nations to further its neoliberal agenda.
Of course, China is not invited for the obvious reason that they represent a threat to US world dominance. Russia likewise is not invited to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership meetings that the Empire is using in an effort to integrate the nations of the European Union. Yes, it's all about the Empire's capitalist players aggressively continuing their pursuit of dominance over the world and over their own nation's laws and regulations.