Megaregulation Contested Global Economic Ordering After TPP

by Kingsbury, Benedict; Malone, David M.; Mertenskötter, Paul; Stewart, Richard B.; Streinz, Thomas; Sunami, Atsushi

• ISBN13: 9780198825296
• ISBN10: 0198825293
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-08-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Benedict Kingsbury, Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law and director of the Institute for International Law and Justice, NYU Law, David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, United Nations University, Tokyo, Richard B. Stewart, John Edward Sexton Professor of Law, NYU Law, Atsushi Sunami, Vice President and Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo

Benedict Kingsbury is Murray and Ida Becker Professor of Law and director of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University Law School.

David M. Malone is Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo, an under-secretary-general of the United Nations, and former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations.

Richard B. Stewart is University Professor and John Edward Sexton Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.

Atsushi Sunami is Vice President and Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Essence, Significance, and Problems of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Benedict Kingsbury, David M. Malone, Paul Mertenskötter, Richard B. Stewart, Thomas Streinz, and Atsushi Sunami
I . MEGAREGUL ATION, GEOPOLITICS, AND ORDERING PROJECTS
2. The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Megaregulation, Benedict Kingsbury, Paul Mertenskötter, Richard B. Stewart, and Thomas Streinz
3. The Uncertain Geo-Strategic Outlook for the US in Asia: The Pivot, the Re-Balance, TPP, and Now What?, David M. Malone
4. TPP and China: A Tale of Two Economic Orderings?, Jing Tao
II. CONTESTING MEGAREGUL ATION: DISTRIBUTION, INEQUALIT Y, AND DEVELOPMENT
5. The Politics of Expertise in Transnational Economic Governance: Breaking the Cycle, Annelise Riles
6. Power and Inequality in Megaregulation: The TPP Model, B. S. Chimni
7. The Lessons of TPP and the Future of Labor Chapters in Trade Agreements, Álvaro Santos
8. TPP and Environmental Regulation, Errol Meidinger
9. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation in TPP: The Missing Development Agenda, Antonia Eliason
III. TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS: GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
10. In a World of Value Chains: What Space for Regulatory Coherence and Cooperation in Trade Agreements?, Bernard Hoekman and Charles F. Sabel
11. The Regulation of Firms in Globally Intertwined Markets: The Case of Payment Systems, Donald Robertson
12. TPP's Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs, Dan Ciuriak
13. Sales, Sourcing, or Regulation? Evidence from TPP on What Drives Corporate Support for Trade, Iain Osgood
14. Digital Megaregulation Uncontested? TPP's Model for the Global Digital Economy, Thomas Streinz
IV. MEGAREGUL ATION, THE REGUL ATORY STATE, AND THE MARKET
15. Harmonization: Top Down, Bottom Up-and Now Sideways? The Impact of the IP Provisions of Megaregional Agreements on Third Party States, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
16. Thailand and Public Health: Looking Beyond the Intellectual Property Chapter of TPP, Kiyoshi Adachi
17. Remote Control: TPP's Administrative Law Requirements as Megaregulation, Paul Mertenskötter and Richard B. Stewart
18. Choices and Consequences: Internationalizing Competition Policy After TPP, Daniel Francis
19. How Ready Is Indonesia to Open Government Procurement à la TPP?, Wahyuni Bahar and Joseph Wira Koesnaidi
20. Japan: Leveraging National Regulatory Reform and the Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements, Kenichi Kawasaki, Atsushi Sunami, Yoko Ikeda, and Michael C. Huang
21. Regulating Regulation: Impact Assessment and Trade, Michael Livermore and Jason Schwartz
22. Trade and Exchange Rates: The Joint Declaration of the Macroeconomic Policy Authorities of TPP Countries, Matthias Helble, Pornpinun Chantapacdepong, and Naoyuki Yoshino
V. MEGAREGULATORY TREATY INSTITUTIONS
23. The Institutions of TPP11: Back to the Future?, Robert Howse
24. State-to-State Dispute Settlement in Megaregionals, Donald McRae
25. Finding a Workable Balance Between Investor Protection and the Public Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Chin Leng Lim
VI. NATIONAL POLITICS OF MEGAREGUL ATORY AGREEMENTS
26. Japan: Interest Group Politics, Foreign Policy Linkages, and TPP, Christina L. Davis
27. Structuring Participation: Public Comments and the Dynamics of US Trade Negotiations, Robert Gulotty
28. After TPP Is Before TPP: Mexican Politics for Economic Globalization and the Lost Chance for Reflection, Alejandro Rodiles
29. Regional and Preferential Agreements: The 'Pacific' and 'Atlantic' Styles in Latin America, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo
30. Brazil in the Shadow of Megaregional Trade and Investment Standards: Beyond the Grand Debate, Pragmatic Responses, Brazil in the Shadow of Megaregional Trade and Investment Standards: Beyond the Grand Debate, Pragmatic Responses
31. TPP and India: Inspirations for Sequenced Reforms, Harsha Vardhana Singh
Index