Despite the United States withdrawing from the Trans-Pacic Partnership (TPP) Agreement, its template of rules remains highly relevant for future negotiations on international trade. This book helps to evaluate the legal provisions of this pact, its background and its possible evolutionary path.
There is a view in the policy discourse that India should actively embrace the norms contained in the Agreement. Trans-Pacic Partnership Agreement: A Framework for Future Trade Rules? offers a balanced and objective analysis of the likely impact of the TPP template of rules on developing countries such as India and significantly contributes to the ongoing debate regarding India's ideal stance. This book will be useful for policymakers, trade lawyers, policy analysts, academics, economists and government officials, especially those from developing countries.
Explores the impact of the normative provisions of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on India and other developing countries in an incisive, objective and balanced manner.
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A highly recommended book for those keen to know more about TPP and how it could affect India. -- V.S. Seshadri, "A highly recommended book for those keen to know more about TPP and how it could affect India." -- Dr V S Seshadri, * Vice Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries * "An invaluable guide to researchers and policy makers." -- Prof Manoj Pant, * Centre for International Trade & Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University * An analysis of the likely impact of the TPP template of rules on developing countries such as India. -- BUSINESS LINE, 9 April 2018
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2 TPP and Market Access for Goods |
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3 Services Coverage in TPP, TiSA and GATS: A Comparative Analysis and Implications for India |
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4 IPR and New Rule-making |
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5 Conforming India's IPR Laws to the TPP's IPR Standards: Issues and Concerns for India |
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6 Investment Protection in TPP: Analysis from an Indian Perspective |
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7 Standards under the TPP: Much Ado about Nothing? |
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8 Addressing `Labour' in Trade Agreements: The TPP Approach |
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9 Trade and Environment under the TPP |
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10 Government Procurement Provisions in the GPA: Ceding Policy Space for Uncertain Gains |
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11 State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) |
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12 Trade Remedies, Trade Facilitation and Regulatory Coherence under the TPP |
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13 Conclusions and Way Forward |
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| About the Editors and Contributors |
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Abhijit Das is the Head of the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He is one of the leading policy analysts in the field of international trade in India. He has been the director of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India Programme, a joint initiative of the Department of Commerce (Government of India) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He has participated in many multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, including the Doha Round of trade negotiations at the WTO. He frequently comments on trade issues in the media and has jointly edited two books on the economic and legal aspects of the international trade regime. Shailja Singh is a Legal Consultant (Assistant Professor) at the Centre for WTO Studies. She is legal advisor to the Government of India for WTO disputes and is part of Indias negotiating team for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. She worked in the Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva, for its Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers in 2014. Ms Singh completed her LLB from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India, and went on to receive an LLM from the University of Cambridge, UK
