Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9781107028661 , 9781139555067

Content: 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

Note: Cover -- THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- DISCLAIMER -- GLOSSARY -- PART I Introduction -- 1 What is "high-quality, twenty-first century" anyway? -- 1 Overview -- 2 The quest for quality -- 3 Evolution of the TPP -- 4 Defining a twentieth century agreement -- 5 What's new in the twenty-first century? -- 6 The example of regulatory coherence -- 7 Caveats -- 8 Outline of the book -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- PART II The past: origins of the TPP Agreement -- 2 An overview and snapshot of the TPP negotiations -- 1 Starting with the "Pacific Four" Agreement -- 2 Expanding to the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- 3 The start of official talks -- 4 New members -- 5 Structural issues -- 6 The race to Hawaii -- 7 Add in Japan, Canada and Mexico -- References -- 3 US PTAs: what's been done and what it means for the TPP negotiations -- 1 US PTA partners -- 2 Trade politics and US PTA policy -- 3 The US PTA template -- 3.1 US PTAs: the core provisions -- 3.1.1 Investment -- 3.1.2 Environment -- 3.2 US PTAs: defensive interests -- 3.3 US PTA template: "no-go" areas -- 4 Going forward: lessons from the US PTA experience for the TPP negotiations -- References -- 4 From the P4 to the TPP: transplantation or transformation? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transplanting the P4: the birth defects -- 2.1 Market access -- 2.1.1 Goods -- 2.1.2 Services -- 2.2 Rules issues -- 2.2.1 Rules of origin -- 2.2.2 Trade remedy rules -- 2.3 Shall the P4 Agreement be transplanted into the TPP? -- 3 Transforming the P4: promises and problems -- 3.1 Higher standard on traditional issues -- 3.1.1 Tariff reduction -- 3.1.2 Services liberalization -- 3.1.3 Rules of origin -- 3.1.4 Trade remedy rules -- 3.2 New issues: devil in the detail -- 3.3 Overarching issues , 1 What are the benchmarks for a "high-quality" services PTA? -- 2 Market access -- 3 Rule-making -- 4 Development -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 TPP Agreement: towards innovations in investment rule-making -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How challenges might be resolved in a truly high-quality agreement -- 2.1 Protecting foreign investment -- 2.2 Addressing the rising role of state-controlled entities -- 2.3 Settling investment disputes -- 3 What has actually happened in the TPP negotiations -- 3.1 Enhancing investment protection -- 3.2 Towards a specific status for state-controlled entities -- 3.3 Future litigation: scaling down investor-state enforcement in trade agreements? -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 10 The intellectual property chapter in the TPP -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The nature of international intellectual property law -- 3 The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations -- 3.1 The likely expansion of copyright law -- 3.2 Copyright term -- 3.3 Refusal to permit parallel importation -- 3.4 Digital copyright issues -- 3.5 Detailed enforcement provisions -- 3.6 The overall effect -- 4 Extensive patent protection -- 4.1 The scope of patent protection -- 4.2 Reducing the scope of exclusions -- 4.3 Patent term for pharmaceuticals -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Regulatory coherence in the TPP talks -- 1 Domestic regulation and international trade -- 2 The evolution of regulatory coherence as a trade objective -- 2.1 The regulatory reform movement -- 2.2 The promotion of good regulatory practices at the WTO -- 2.3 Bilateral and regional efforts on regulatory cooperation and convergence -- 2.4 APEC -- 3 A twenty-first century approach to regulatory coherence -- 3.1 An integrated approach to regulatory coherence -- 3.2 Robust infrastructure, procedures and mandate -- 3.3 Flexible scope -- 4 Predicted outcome -- 5 Conclusion -- References , 12 Environmental issues in the TPP -- 1 Linking trade and environmental obligations -- 1.1 Fisheries subsidies -- 1.2 Wildlife, biodiversity and conservation -- 1.3 Illegal logging and trade -- 2 Climate change and green growth -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Labour standards and the TPP -- 1 Linking trade and labour standards -- 2 Negotiating challenges -- 2.1 US politics and the demand for labour rights -- 2.2 Implications for the TPP negotiations -- 3 Substantive effectiveness and political reality -- References -- 14 What is to be done with export restrictions? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Shortcomings of the GATT-WTO Regime -- 3 The TPP negotiating parties' past treaty behavior -- 3.1 The "NAFTA model" -- 3.2 Post-NAFTA US practice -- 3.3 The non-price discrimination clause in the treaty practices of Australia, Japan and the P4 nations -- 3.4 Variations in Japanese, Singaporean and Australian practice and Southeast Asian conservatism -- 4 Conclusion: what can the TPP achieve? -- References -- PART IV The future: high-quality meets regional and global realities -- 15 Achieving a Free trade area of the asia-Pacific: does the TPP present the most attractive path? -- 1 The origins of the TPP-FTAAP linkage -- 2 Possible avenues for Asian economic integration - pros and cons -- 2.1 ASEAN+3/EAFTA -- 2.2 ASEAN+6/CEPEA -- 2.3 APEC -- 3 The TPP as FTAAP model? -- 3.1 Ease of accession -- 3.2 Participants -- 3.2.1 Republic of Korea -- 3.2.2 Japan -- 3.2.3 China -- 3.2.4 Other possible participants -- 3.2.5 Striking a balance -- 3.3 Qualitative considerations -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 16 APEC and the TPP: are they mutually reinforcing? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 APEC's nature -- 2.1 Inception -- 2.2 Objective and scope of work -- 2.3 APEC's general features -- 3 APEC and TPP's different approaches -- 4 APEC's usefulness for the TPP , 3.3.1 Regional agreement -- 3.3.2 Living agreement -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Incorporating development among diverse members -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Goods -- 2.1 Possible provisions -- 2.1.1 WTO law limits -- 2.1.2 BATNA -- 3 Regulation and standards -- 3.1 Possible provisions -- 3.1.1 WTO law limits -- 3.2 BATNA -- 4 Intellectual property -- 4.1 Possible provisions -- 4.1.1 WTO law limits -- 4.2 BATNA -- 5 Services -- 5.1 Possible provisions -- 5.2 WTO law limits -- 5.3 BATNA -- 6 Investment -- 6.1 Possible provisions -- 6.2 WTO law limits -- 6.3 BATNA -- 7 Labour mobility -- 7.1 Possible provisions -- 7.2 WTO law limits -- 7.3 BATNA -- 8 State-owned enterprises -- 8.1 Possible provisions -- 8.2 WTO law limits -- 8.3 BATNA -- 9 Technical assistance, trade facilitation and aid for trade -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- PART III The present: twenty-first century elements and obstacles -- 6 Negotiations over market access in goods -- 1 Overview -- 2 High-quality, twenty-first century goods trade -- 3 Starting negotiations -- 4 Trouble spots -- 5 Goods trade at the Hawaii APEC summit -- References -- 7 TPP negotiations: rules of origin -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Wholly obtained -- 1.2 Substantial transformation -- 1.3 Cumulation -- 2 ROOs under the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (Trans-Pacific SEP or P4) -- 3 ROOs in some Asia-Pacific PTAs (likely TPP partners) -- 3.1 ASEAN ROOs -- 3.2 ROOs in PTAs concluded by the United States -- 4 Assessment of pros and cons of methods used to determine "substantial transformation" -- 4.1 The value-added (VA) rule -- 4.2 Change in tariff classification (CTC) -- 4.3 Specific manufacturing process -- 4.4 Flexibility for exporters -- 5 Rules of origin in the TPP -- 5.1 A twenty-first century rules of origin agreement -- References -- 8 Trade in services , 4.1 APEC Best Practices for RTA/FTA -- 4.2 APEC Model Measures for RTA/FTA -- 4.3 APEC Principles for Cross-Border Trade in Services -- 4.4 APEC Non-Binding Investment Principles -- 5 TPP's usefulness for APEC -- 5.1 Strengthening regional economic integration -- 5.2 A new tool towards the achievement of the Bogor Goals -- 5.3 Facilitating convergence in the APEC region -- 6 Final comments -- References -- 17 Coping with multiple uncertainties: Latin America in the TPP negotiations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Latin American approaches to the Asia-Pacific -- 3 Opportunities for Latin American countries -- 4 Risks for Latin American countries -- 5 The road ahead -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 18 The TPP: multilateralizing regionalism or the securitization of trade policy? -- 1 Multilateralizing PTAs in the Asia-Pacific region: the state of play -- 2 Do Asia-Pacific PTAs generate a momentum for multilateralization? -- 3 The TPP, multilateralization and US policy objectives -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 19 The TPP in a multilateral world -- 1 Introduction -- 2 GATT/WTO law and practice to date -- 2.1 Core GATT/WTO provisions -- 2.2 The parallel universe of RTAs -- 2.3 From the legal to the procedural -- 2.4 Summary observations -- 3 WTO decision-making and multilateralizing regionalism -- 3.1 Procedural aspects of critical mass decision-making -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- PART V The TPP negotiations: the quest for quality -- 20 Conclusions -- 1 The dream of a "high-quality, twenty-first century " deal -- 2 Same bed, but what dreams? -- 3 An "interest-convergence" dilemma -- 4 Leadership challenges -- 5 Dual-edged strategic dilemma: the problems of developing countries -- 6 Strategic dilemma: Northeast Asian participation -- 7 The China dimension -- 8 Timelines -- 9 New members -- 10 Thinking extra-regionally -- 11 Risks in the quest for quality , INDEX

Additional Edition: Print version Lim, C. L. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2012 ISBN 9781107028661

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

URL: FULL  ((OIS Credentials Required))