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This book highlights trade-related issues covered by the TPP that concern emerging Asian countries, along with the requirements for these countries to better formulate trade policies and promote regional integration.
List of contents
Introduction: Mega FTAs in the 21st Century Global Trade Governance (Lurong Chen, Shujiro Urata, Junji Nakagawa and Mashaito Ambashi) Part I: Rules and Regulations on Investment 1. Investment in the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Possible Impacts on ASEAN Member States (Junji Nakagawa) 2. The Investment Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Indonesia (Riza Noer Arfani) 3. An Assessment of the Philippines’ Readiness to Mega New Generation Agreements: Investment (Glenda T. Reyes) Part II: Rules and Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights 4. Understanding the IP-related Contents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Akiko Kato) 5. Intellectual Property Rights in TPP Agreement: Commitments and Implications for Viet Nam (Nguyen Anh Duong) 6. Regulatory Framework on IPR in Indonesia: Overview and Preliminary Assessment on the TPP’s IP Chapter (Poppy S. Winanti) 7. Access to Medicines and Plant Seeds: The Challenges the Philippines Faces with the TPP’s Intellectual Property Rights Rule (Ramon L. Clarete) 8. Intellectual Property Protection under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: From Thailand’s Perspective (Jakkrit Kuanpoth) Part III: Rules and Regulations on State-owned Enterprises 9. Disciplines on State-owned Enterprises under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Overview and Assessment (Tsuyoshi Kawase and Masahito Ambashi) 10. TPP and State-owned Enterprises in Viet Nam (Vo Tri Thanh) 11. State Trading Rules in TPP: Implications for the Philippines (Ramon L. Clarete) 12. Disciplines on State-owned Enterprises in Indonesia vis-à-vis the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (Maharani Hapsari)
About the author
Lurong Chen is an Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He obtained his PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Shujiro Urata is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University; Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI); Research Fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research; and Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He received his PhD in Economics from Stanford University.
Junji Nakagawa is Professor of International Economic Law at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. He obtained his PhD in Law from the University of Tokyo.
Masahito Ambashi is an Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Essex.
Summary
This book highlights trade-related issues covered by the TPP that concern emerging Asian countries, along with the requirements for these countries to better formulate trade policies and promote regional integration.
