Editor's note: This opinion piece was originally published in the Bangkok Post on 26 January 2017. ERIA's Economist Lurong Chen provided commentary.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an initiative of former US president Barack Obama, is stranded, but the United States' (US) "pivot to Asia" is not. For the foreseeable future, the Asia–Pacific relationship will remain an American foreign policy priority. (Read the full article by using the link above)