Mega Regional Trade Agreements

Author : Thilo Rensmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319566634

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Mega-Regional Trade Agreements by Thilo Rensmann Pdf

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "Mega-Regionals", the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and their effect on the future of international economic law. The main focus centres on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but the findings are also applicable to similar agreements under negotiation, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).The specific features of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements raise a number of issues with respect to their potential effect on the current system of international trade and investment law. These include the consequences of Mega-Regionals for the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle, their relation to the multilateral system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), their democratic legitimacy and their interaction with existing bilateral investment treaties (BITs).The book is intended for academics and practitioners working in the field of international economic law.

Author : Jean-Baptiste Velut,Louise Dalingwater,Vanessa Boullet,Valérie Peyronel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351780636

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Understanding Mega Free Trade Agreements by Jean-Baptiste Velut,Louise Dalingwater,Vanessa Boullet,Valérie Peyronel Pdf

The rise of cross-regional trade agreements is a defining trend of the current international trade system as shown by the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2015, the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the USA and the EU as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between countries in Asia and Oceania. These differ from previous agreements in their economic significance and large geographic scale, and the wide scope of trade-related issues. The current rise of nationalist and isolationist ideologies across Europe and the USA has raised questions on the future of cross-regional trade deals and made the need to understand their implications for economic and political governance ever more urgent. Two main forms of governance that are central to this volume are the democratic tensions over new generation trade deals on the one hand, and their geopolitical ramifications on the other, which have come into collision to herald the advent of a highly uncertain period of world politics. Many of the questions tackled in this volume, surrounding the democratic governance of trade agreements – whether long-held debates on the inclusion of workers’ voices, controversies on intrusive "behind the border" provisions undermining national sovereignty and local autonomy or new questions on digital rights – are crucial to understand the ebbing popular support for far-reaching trade agreements. This book will be a useful learning tool for students and scholars in a wide range of fields, including Globalisation, Global Governance, International Political Economy, International Trade and Investment and International Law, and should also be of interest to EU trade negotiators, international policymakers and business associations.

Author : Lurong Chen,Shujiro Urata,Junji Nakagawa,Masahito Ambashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351051286

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Emerging Global Trade Governance by Lurong Chen,Shujiro Urata,Junji Nakagawa,Masahito Ambashi Pdf

Mega free trade agreements (FTAs) are being formed to fill the gap created by new developments in global governance and are reshaping the world economic order. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is one of such 21st century FTAs. This book highlights three trade-related issues covered by the TPP that greatly concern emerging countries – investment, intellectual property rights (IPR), and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). It contains rigorous economic, legal, and political analyses on the final text of the agreement, combined with country-specific policy discussions focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam, giving readers insights on the establishment of global rules and regulations for 21st century trade. The book also outlines the requirements for emerging Asian countries to better formulate trade policies in the new era of international trade and promote regional integration in ASEAN and East Asia.

Author : Stefan Griller,Walter Obwexer,Erich Vranes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192536587

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Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: CETA, TTIP, and TiSA by Stefan Griller,Walter Obwexer,Erich Vranes Pdf

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP), and the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) between the EU and 22 other States have sparked a great deal of academic and public interest. This edited collection brings together leading experts in the field of international economic law to address the legal complexities of these treaties and provide an explanation of their core principles. In the first two chapters, this book examines changing conceptions of international economic law and the main motivations for negotiating mega-regional agreements. In nine further contributions, international experts examine sectoral issues such as the trade, investment, and dispute settlement procedures envisaged in these 'mega-regional' agreements. The book goes on to consider the progress made in intellectual property protection, the problems associated with data protection, human rights, labour, and environmental standards, issues of transparency and legitimacy, and the relationship between CETA, TTIP, and TiSA on the one hand and EU law on the other. It concludes with four chapters that discuss globalization and other fundamental questions surrounding these mega-regional agreements from economic, political science, and legal perspectives.

Author : Peter Draper,Simon Lacey,Yash Ramkolowan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931634862

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Mega-regional Trade Agreements by Peter Draper,Simon Lacey,Yash Ramkolowan Pdf

In the wake of the ninth WTO ministerial conference in Bali, in December 2013, there is renewed optimism that the WTO can deliver something. The time is therefore right for member states to strategically reappraise their positions in the context of their overarching domestic and regional trade strategies. Central to any appraisal is the new geopolitical reality represented by the free trade agreements (FTAs) being negotiated by the major industrial powers. Led by the U.S., the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are wide in scope and deep in ambition. They are laden with many implications for non-party states and for the global trading system. Partly a product of the impasse in the WTO, these potential agreements have also sucked negotiating energy out of the WTO. These FTAs are also a product of the geopolitical rise of China, to the point where it is not far from asserting leadership of the global trading system. Therefore, the U.S. and its EU counterparts are also driven by their own geopolitical imperative of locking in access to key markets and regions, a thrust that has direct implications for ACP member states. Not surprisingly, China and other major developing economies are responding with initiatives of their own, such as the Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific negotiations. Hence there is renewed impetus behind FTA negotiations across the world. (...).

Author : Lorand Bartels,Federico Ortino
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015067659782

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Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System by Lorand Bartels,Federico Ortino Pdf

'Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System' introduces the economic & political underpinnings of regional trade agreements, their constitutional functions, & their role as a locus for integrating trade & human rights.

Author : James Thuo Gathii
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139498593

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African Regional Trade Agreements as Legal Regimes by James Thuo Gathii Pdf

African regional trade integration has grown exponentially in the last decade. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the legal framework within which it is being pursued. It will fill a huge knowledge gap and serve as an invaluable teaching and research tool for policy makers in the public and private sectors, teachers, researchers and students of African trade and beyond. The author argues that African Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are best understood as flexible legal regimes particularly given their commitment to variable geometry and multiple memberships. He analyzes the progress made toward trade liberalization in each region, how the RTAs are financed, their trade remedy and judicial regimes, and how well they measure up to Article XXIV of GATT. The book also covers monetary unions as well as intra-African regional integration, and examines free trade agreements with non-African regions including the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union.

Author : Joseph F. Francois,Bernard M. Hoekman,Miriam Manchin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Access
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization by Joseph F. Francois,Bernard M. Hoekman,Miriam Manchin Pdf

Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference erosion, including an econometric assessment of the actual utilization and the scope for erosion estimated by modeling full elimination of OECD tariffs, and hence full most-favored-nation liberalization-based preference erosion. Preferences are underutilized due to administrative burden-estimated to be at least 4 percent on average-reducing the magnitude of erosion costs significantly. For those products where preferences are used (are of value), the primary negative impact follows from erosion of EU preferences. This suggests the erosion problem is primarily bilateral rather than a WTO-based concern.

Author : Peter Draper,Simon Lacey,Yash Ramkolowan,South African Institute of International Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Free trade
ISBN : OCLC:898182419

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Mega-regional Trade Agreements by Peter Draper,Simon Lacey,Yash Ramkolowan,South African Institute of International Affairs Pdf

"For many years the Doha Round of negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) had been in the doldrums, with little apparent prospect of success in its primary aim. In the wake of the ninth WTO ministerial conference in Bali in December 2013 there is renewed optimism that the WTO can deliver, and that something can still be made of the Round. The time is thus right for WTO member states to reappraise their positions in the Round in the context of their overarching domestic and regional trade strategies. Central to any appraisal is the new geopolitical reality represented by the free trade agreements (FTAs) being negotiated by the major industrial powers. Led by the US, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are wide in scope, deep in ambition, and laden with implications for both non-states parties and the global trading system. Partly the products of the WTO impasse, these potential agreements have sucked negotiating energy out of the WTO, reducing the focus on bringing the Doha Round to a conclusion. They are also the product of China's geopolitical rise, to the point where it is close to asserting its leadership in the global trading system. The US and its European Union counterparts are also driven by their own geopolitical imperatives of locking in access to key markets and regions, a thrust that has direct implications for outsider states. Not surprisingly, China and other major developing economies are responding with initiatives of their own, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations in Asia and the Pacific. Hence there is renewed impetus in FTA negotiations across the world. The paper explores these issues and lays out the policy options for South Africa in light of these developments"--Publisher's web site.

Author : Sanchita Basu Das,Masahiro Kawai
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814695442

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Trade Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific by Sanchita Basu Das,Masahiro Kawai Pdf

Asia has witnessed a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) since the turn of the millennium. The first regional agreement — the ASEAN FTA — was transformed into the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of 2015. In the meantime, ASEAN forged five ASEAN+1 FTAs and began to negotiate a sixteen-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement. In parallel, the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), supporting U.S. foreign policy of “Pivot to Asia”, was broadly agreed in October 2015. The RCEP and the TPP are accompanied by other mega-regional integration processes developing elsewhere in the world, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for the European Union and the United States, and the Pacific Alliance among four Latin American member states. Meanwhile, APEC is also striving to meet its Bogor Goal targets and create a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. Each of these mega-regionals aims to achieve greater trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and more harmonized trade and investment rules so that all member economies can participate in the global value chain of production. Instead of undermining, these regional exercises can be building blocks for a more liberal global trading system supported by the World Trade Organization. This book ruminates on these regional agreements, their economic and strategic rationales and challenges during negotiations and afterwards. The book brings together eminent scholars and experts to deepen our understanding of the complex nature of the mega-regional trade agreements and their implications. It is useful both for the academic and research community and for policymakers who focus on trade and economic cooperation issues.

Author : Aaditya Mattoo,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781464815546

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Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements by Aaditya Mattoo,Nadia Rocha,Michele Ruta Pdf

Deep trade agreements (DTAs) cover not just trade but additional policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor and the protection of intellectual property rights and the environment. Their goal is integration beyond trade or deep integration. These agreements matter for economic development. Their rules influence how countries (and hence, the people and firms that live and operate within them) transact, invest, work, and ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent of economic integration, competition rules affect economic efficiency, intellectual property rights matter for innovation, and environmental and labor rules contribute to environmental and social outcomes. This Handbook provides the tools and data needed to analyze these new dimensions of integration and to assess the content and consequences of DTAs. The Handbook and the accompanying database are the result of collaboration between experts in different policy areas from academia and other international organizations, including the International Trade Centre (ITC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and World Trade Organization (WTO).

Author : Manmohan Agarwal,John Whalley,Jing Wang
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : China
ISBN : 9813100397

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The Economies of China and India by Manmohan Agarwal,John Whalley,Jing Wang Pdf

Volume 1. China and India: The International Context and Economic Growth, Manufacturing Performance and Rural Development -- Volume 2. Competitiveness, External Cooperation Strategy, and Income Distribution: Changes in China -- Volume 3. Economic Growth, Employment and Inclusivity: The International Environment

Author : Anthony Forsyth
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781527522008

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Trade and Labour Standards by Anthony Forsyth Pdf

Mega-regional agreements have recently stirred controversy, producing a clash between the founding principles of liberalisation and protectionism, giving rise to competence issues between the European Union and its Member States. Although scholarly work has focused for years on the controversial “social clause”, it is now worth carrying out a detailed, legal analysis of the labour standards contained in the mega-regional trade agreements adopted and negotiated by the EU and the US. The topic gives rise to much controversy, as it is influenced by political convictions and election results. For this reason, it poses one of the most significant challenges to international labour law. Based on these considerations, this book examines the social dimension of three of the most relevant mega-regional trade agreements, namely TTP, CETA, and TTIP. It is argued that trade liberalisation should be accompanied by progress in the social and labour field.

Author : Bryan Mercurio,Simon Lester,Lorand Bartels
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Commercial treaties
ISBN : 9781107063907

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Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements by Bryan Mercurio,Simon Lester,Lorand Bartels Pdf

Author : Richard Baldwin,Masahiro Kawai,Ganeshan Wignaraja
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Asia
ISBN : 9781783479283

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A World Trade Organization for the 21st Century by Richard Baldwin,Masahiro Kawai,Ganeshan Wignaraja Pdf

ø Policy makers will benefit from the expert knowledge and policy lessons presented in this book, and development economists and researchers will profit from its critical examination of the world trading system. Undergraduate and postgraduate studen