This article studies the conflicts that have popped up in the South China Sea from 2009 to 2012 to analyze the Obama Administration’s position on the South China Sea sovereignty disputes, as determined by the present facts. In particular, China and its disputes with its neighbors in the South China Sea and how the United States-led “Trans-Pacific Partnership”(TPP) is going to confront the ASEAN-centered “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership”(RCEP). This article aims at providing, from the viewpoint of balance of power and through economics and security policies to shape out the American policy in the South China Sea region.