The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Quest for a Twenty-first

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

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, labor 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.

Country	USA
Author	C. L. Lim
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9781107612426
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
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ISBN	110761242X
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Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	356
PublicationDate	2012-11-12
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	2012-09-20
Studio	Cambridge University Press

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