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Four Challenges For Ttip Regulatory Cooperation, Richard Parker

Faculty Articles and Papers

While public debate over trade policy focuses on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, another mammoth trade agreement is moving forward, more quietly, between two of the three largest economies in the world: The United States (US) and the European Union (EU). The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) aims to create the largest free trade zone in the world, encompassing two huge economies that together comprise nearly half of the world's gross domestic product.

The two sides hope that TTIP will generate more than 200 billion dollars per year in benefits for producers and consumers on both sides of …

Rebalancing Trips, Molly Land

Faculty Articles and Papers

Application of the World Trade Organization’s dispute resolution procedures to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) has provoked a variety of reactions over time. Initially perceived as a significant loss for developing countries, more recent responses maintain that these fears were unfounded. This Article argues that the availability of adjudication through the WTO has indeed had significant consequences for the policy space of developing countries — just not in the manner initially imagined. One of the most important yet underappreciated consequences of the decision to link trade and intellectual property has been the conflation of trade and …

The Case For Environmental Trade Sanctions, Richard Parker

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The Use And Abuse Of Trade Leverage To Protect The Global Commons: What We Can Learn From The Tuna-Dolphin Conflict, Richard Parker

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Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Emissions Trading: An Interim Report, Richard Parker

Faculty Articles and Papers

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment has gathered a prominent group of policy analysts to consider how the United States might implement its Kyoto commitment, using tradable permits in tandem with other methods. The draft report of the group, entitled Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Emissions Trading: Interim Report, examines four policy options. This Memorandum considers whether any of these options appear likely to conflict with United States international trade obligations under the newly established Uruguay Round Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (‘WTO Agreement’).

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Nafta's Procedural Narrow-Mindedness: The Panel Review Of Antidumping And Countervailing Duty Determinations Under Chapter Nineteen, Ángel Oquendo

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Issues In The Design Of Formulary Apportionment In The Context Of Nafta, Richard Pomp

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Barriers To United States-Canadian Trade: Problems And Solutions, The Canadian Perspective, Richard Parker

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Economic Integration In East Africa: Distribution Of Gains, Robert Birmingham

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