TPP objectively : legal, economic, and national security dimensions of CPTPP / Raj Bhala, Brenneisen Distinguished Professor, The University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, Senior Advisor Dentons U.S. LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, "On Point" Columnist BloombergQuint, Mumbai, India.

Second edition.

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2020]

©2020

liii, 672 pages ; 26 cm

"In a world in which the debate about TPP, and international trade generally, is highly polarized, TPP Objectively is an essential resource because it is a balanced presentation. The author, renowned for his International Trade Law and Understanding Islamic Law textbooks, spent several years studying all sides of the controversial issues, and conducted first-hand research in 11 of the 12 TPP countries, and several non-TPP countries (including India, Indonesia, and Korea). The text is thoroughly referenced, with hundreds of citations to different sources from around the world to help readers get a clear, well-rounded understanding of TPP. TPP Objectively is not only for specialty audiences, such as scholars, teachers, and students in international trade, international economics, and international relations, but also for general readers interested in international law and policy, including legislators and their staffs and other decision-makers engaged in international trade agreements. The second edition, subtitled "Legal, Economic, and National Security Dimensions of CPTPP," is fully up to date through the end of 2019 and its expanded discussion covers all new developments since the controversial January 2017 decision by the United States to withdraw from TPP, including: The entry into force of CPTPP; The similarities and differences between TPP and CPTPP; CPTPP provisions and how they originated and were negotiated; CPTPP rules on State Owned Enterprises (SOE), and how those disciplines would affect China; and CPTPP rules about the empowerment of women through trade"--Provided by the publisher.

Thesis detailed -- Transparency -- Concepts -- Goals and outcomes -- Membership -- More members? -- Logic -- Traditional agricultural market access -- Traditional industrial market access -- Non-traditional market access -- Exposing the forgotten chapter -- Copyright battles -- Patent battles -- FX battles -- Red tape and behind the border barriers -- ISDS -- People and their climate -- Doubts -- Enter CPTPP -- What happens next?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revision of: Bhala, Raj. TPP objectively : law, economics, and national security of history's largest, longest free trade agreement. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]

KVC947.A42005 B43 2020

English

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