The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Quest for a Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107028663 ISBN 13: 9781107028661

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The Trans-Pacific Partnership talks seek to link at least nine countries in three continents to create a 'high-quality, twenty-first century agreement' intended to open markets to competition between the partners more than ever before. This book-length study assesses the likelihood of a successful outcome.

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Reseña del editor

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks attempt to link together at least nine countries in three continents to create a 'high-quality, twenty-first century agreement'. Such an agreement is intended to open markets to competition between the partners more than ever before in sectors ranging from goods and services to investment, and includes rigorous rules in the fields of intellectual property, labour protection and environmental conservation. The TPP also aims to improve regulatory coherence, enhance production supply chains and help boost small and medium-sized enterprises. It could transform relations with regions such as Latin America, paving the way to an eventual Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific, or see innovations translated into the global trade regulatory system operating under the WTO. However, given the tensions between strategic and economic concerns, the final deal could still collapse into something closer to a standard, 'twentieth-century' trade agreement.

Biografía del autor

C. L. Lim is an international lawyer and former trade negotiator. He is currently Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and chairs the East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Programme (EAIEL). He is also Visiting Professor at King's College London and a barrister.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107028663
• ISBN 13: 9781107028661
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 356
• Herausgeber: Lim C. L., Elms Deborah Kay, Low Patrick