Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement A Framework For Future Trade Rules

Despite the United States withdrawing from the Trans-Paci­c Partnership (TPP) Agreement, its template of rules remains highly relevant for future negotiations on international trade. This book helps to evaluate the legal provisions of this pact, its background and its possible evolutionary path.

There is a view in the policy discourse that India should actively embrace the norms contained in the Agreement. Trans-Paci­c Partnership Agreement: A Framework for Future Trade Rules? offers a balanced and objective analysis of the likely impact of the TPP template of rules on developing countries such as India and signi­ficantly contributes to the ongoing debate regarding India′s ideal stance. This book will be useful for policymakers, trade lawyers, policy analysts, academics, economists and government off­icials, especially those from developing countries.

 

Abhijit Das is the Head of the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He is one of the leading policy analysts in the field of international trade in India. He has been the director of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India Programme, a joint initiative of the Department of Commerce (Government of India) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He has participated in many multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, including the Doha Round of trade negotiations at the WTO. He frequently comments on trade issues in the media and has jointly edited two books on the economic and legal aspects of the international trade regime.

Shailja Singh is a Legal Consultant (Assistant Professor) at the Centre for WTO Studies. She is legal advisor to the Government of India for WTO disputes and is part of India’s negotiating team for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. She worked in the Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva, for its Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers in 2014. Ms Singh completed her LLB from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India, and went on to receive an LLM from the University of Cambridge, UK