24th APEC Summit: shaping the future of trade policy-making?

Posted by Dr. Marina Foltea
On November 29, 2016

Introduction by Dr Marina Foltea, Trade Pacts. Our guest blog for this month welcomes Dr Antoine Martin – a scholar with the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law. He focuses on trade and investment policy and rule-making at global, regional, and Asia levels. Dr Martin is also a founder of the Political Economy […]

Negotiations on the United States-India Bilateral Investment Treaty: An Exercise in Futility

Posted by Prof. Bryan Mercurio
On September 7, 2016

Recent reports indicate that the United States (US) is attempting to kick start the ‘on-again off-again’ bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations with India. Commencing in 2008, negotiations have proven difficult and for long periods have simply stalled. The recent push comes on the back of US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

The TPP and the Tobacco Trade Policy: Will Other Products Be Affected?

Posted by Dr. Lukasz Gruszczynski
On November 6, 2015

The representatives of 12 countries have recently concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the biggest free trade agreement ever negotiated. While the final text has been just released and still requires detailed analysis, some parts have already proven controversial. One issue that caught particular attention is a carve out clause for tobacco products (Art. […]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Done Deal.

Posted by Dr. Lukasz Gruszczynski
On October 7, 2015

On October 5, 2015 the parties successfully concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The agreement, when signed, will be the most important trade deal since the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1994. A new free trade area will comprises of 12 Pacific countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, […]