Introduction : "Trade deals aren't for what you think they are for" -- Overview: tpp highlights and low lights -- Quantitative assessment of the TPP-- Market access and sectoral issues -- Intellectual property rights -- New issues/innovative areas -- Investor-state dispute settlement -- General...

While global trade negotiations remain stalled, two tracks of trade negotiations in the Asia-Pacific--the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and a parallel Asian track--could generate momentum for renewed liberalization and provide pathways to region-wide free trade. We estimate...