The A Quest for a Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement Lim, C. L. editor of compilation. Elms, Deborah Kay editor of compilation. Low, Patrick editor of compilation. text enk 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Edited by C. L. Lim, Deborah Kay Elms, Patrick Low. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). KVC947.A42005 T73 2012 382/.911823 9781139236775 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236775 UkCbUP 120201 20171019125149.0 CR9781139236775