The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Reaching behind the border, challenging democracy

Patricia Ranald

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015, vol. 26, issue 2, 241-260

Abstract: In an era where legally binding international trade agreements are increasingly shaping domestic regulation in a wide range of areas, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement between the US, Australia, Japan and nine other Pacific Rim Countries, representing over 40% of world trade, has been described as setting the standards for 21st century trade agreements. This article analyses why the negotiations have dragged on for 5 years, and the resistance to the potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on national democratic decision-making on health, environmental and other public interest regulation.

Keywords: Australian trade policy; democracy; ISDS; Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement; US trade policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F23 F51 F53 F55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1035304615580721

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