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The future impact of Trans‐Pacific Partnership’s rule‐making achievements: The case study of e‐commerce
Author(s) -
Hamanaka Shintaro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1467-9701
pISSN - 0378-5920
DOI - 10.1111/twec.12729
Subject(s) - negotiation , general partnership , economics , international trade , set (abstract data type) , law and economics , free trade agreement , rules of origin , international economics , political science , law , commercial policy , free trade , computer science , finance , programming language
While policymakers and scholars often emphasise the significance of the rule‐making aspect when they discuss the benefits of negotiating free trade agreements ( FTA s), we know little about the ways in which rules are actually made. We need impartial assessment of the status of rule‐making to draw any concrete policy implications. Moreover, “how international economic rules develop” in terms of enforceability has been a neglected but important research question for students of international economics and laws. International economic rules evolve through a series of FTA s that are signed by a different set of countries. By using the case study of e‐commerce chapters, this paper will specifically examine: (1) how earlier FTA s paved the way to the Trans‐Pacific Partnership ( TPP ) e‐commerce negotiations; (2) whether rule‐making achievements of TPP are substantial compared against earlier FTA s; and (3) whether rule‐making achievements of TPP , if any, are likely to have some impact on post‐ TPP FTA s.