Mega-Regional Trade Agreements

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Thilo Rensmann (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 377
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Mega-Regionals: Challenges, Opportunities and Research Questions....Pages 3-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
The Strategic Dimension of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership....Pages 27-36
Democratic Legitimacy of the CETA and TTIP Agreements?....Pages 37-59
Not As Preferential As You May Think: How Mega-Regionals Can Benefit Third Countries....Pages 61-74
Exception Clauses in Mega-Regionals (International Investment Protection and Trade Agreements)....Pages 75-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
The Brave New (American) World of International Investment Law: Substantive Investment Protection Standards in Mega-Regionals....Pages 123-154
Interactions Between Investment Chapters in Mega-Regionals and Bilateral Investment Treaties....Pages 155-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
The Prospects of TRIPS-Plus Protection in Future Mega-Regionals....Pages 191-215
Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Increasing the Barriers for the Access to Affordable Medicines....Pages 217-239
Safeguarding Public Welfare? Intellectual Property Rights, Health and the Evolution of Treaty Drafting in International Investment Agreements....Pages 241-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
The Role of Mega-Regionals in the Decarbonization of the Economy....Pages 275-297
Liberalizing Trade in Energy Services and Domestic Regulation: New Approaches in Mega-Regionals?....Pages 299-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Trade Agreements and International Cooperation on Public Procurement Regulation....Pages 319-336
Addressing Regulatory Trade Barriers in Mega-Regional Trade Agreements....Pages 337-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-375

✦ Subjects

International Economic Law, Trade Law;International Economics;Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration;International Environmental Law

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