The political economy of international trade decision-making within the United States is complex and ever-changing. The debates over the merits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the associated efforts of the Obama Administration to obtain Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), highlight...

This article examines the negotiation of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) which was made public by Wikileaks in November 2013. It suggests that the covert negotiation of the TPPA was anticipated by the confidential negotiation of the...

This article examines the environment-related provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) to assess how and how much they contribute to a larger megaregulatory program for the Asia-Pacific region. The TPP calls for ‘high levels’ of environmental protection and effective...

section 1. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and its impact on non-member developing countries -- section 2. Trans-Pacific Partnership: background study for India -- section 3. Quantifying the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other mega-regionlas for India, Africa, and others -- section...

Pekka Kormonen examines the nature of Japan's economic rise in relation to other nations in the Pacific area. With the `Pacific Century' nearly upon us, this work will be of interest to all those studying Pacific economies

Contemporary trade policy is increasingly framed in geo-strategic terms. But how much of that rhetoric is reflected in actual policy choices by the European Union or its trading partners? This book provides the first systematic study of the broader international context in which EU trade...