Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2017
Journal Title
SMU Science and Technology Law Review
ISSN
1544-9262
Abstract
Commissioned for a conference on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at VNU University of Economics & Law in Vietnam, this article provides a retrospective analysis of the partnership. It begins with a historical overview of the TPP. The article then examines the partnership’s status in light of the United States' withdrawal and contends that the TPP will exert considerable influence regardless of whether it is dead or alive.
The second half of this article identifies three interrelated but distinct aspects of the TPP: (1) as a TRIPS-plus intellectual property agreement; (2) as a regional investment agreement; and (3) as a plurilateral trade agreement. The analysis in this portion of the article will be applicable to not only the TPP Agreement, but also the development of future bilateral, regional and plurilateral trade agreements.
First Page
97
Last Page
133
Num Pages
37
Volume Number
20
Issue Number
2
Publisher
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
Thinking About the Trans-Pacific Partnership (and a Mega-Regional Agreement on Life Support),
20
SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev.
97
(2017).
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