Michael Froman played a major role in one of the biggest what-ifs in U.S.-China economic relations. As U.S. Trade Representative during the Obama administration, he negotiated the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade deal of 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, which was at the heart of that administration’s China policy. TPP was designed to create a powerful bloc of nations who would trade tariff-free and agree to common standards governing state-owned enterprises, services and oth