On November, 12th, 2015, the professor Alan V. Deardorff from the department of economics, the Michigan University gave a lecture about “Pros and Cons of Trans-Pacific Partnership”. He described TPP as a “living agreement” as there have been a lot of debate whether a specific country join TPP. He explained the overall contents of TPP agreement and what might be behind the curtains of TPP. He also indicated that Japan’s participation changed the characteristics of TPP. He mentioned that TPP will make US to be able to write the rules for the international trading system. He explained the seven parts of TPP, and glanced who will gain and lose .