The economics of PTAs -- The political economy of PTAs -- Bilateral and plurilateral PTAs -- Legal requirements for PTAs under the WTO -- PTAs and public international law -- Agriculture -- Services -- Investment -- Government procurement -- Intellectual property -- Social issues: labour,...

Introduction / Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio -- The economics of PTAs / Pravin Krishna -- Political economy of PTAs / Olivier Cattaneo -- Bilateral versus plurilateral PTAs / David Evans -- Legal Requirements for PTAs under the WTO / Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart -- PTAs and...

This paper is intended to serve several related purposes. First, it is to persuade policymakers and the public in both the United States and the United Kingdom that it is in their respective national interests to enter into a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement. Specifically,...

The United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement / Yong-Shik Lee -- EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement / Colin M. Brown and Jeremy Record -- United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement / K. William Watson -- China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement / Henry Gao -- China-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement /...

This paper examines some of the perceived tensions between free trade and regulation of tobacco for health purposes and concludes that most of the concerns about trade and investment agreements undermining domestic regulation are unfounded and that special rules for tobacco are unnecessary. Free...

In late June of 2013, in a major speech on climate change, President Obama announced a plan “to launch negotiations toward global free trade in environmental goods and services,” including clean energy technology. Removing or lowering tariffs on goods such as solar panels and wind turbines...