Feb 21,2014 Topics of the Month TPP – 2 My article in The Asan Forum on TPP has received a number of comments, including T.J. Pempel’s rejoinder and a vigorous debate on the Japan Forum LISTSERV sponsored by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). There have also been developments in TPP negotiations and the US Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) debate that are relevant […] William W. Grimes Capital controls , intellectual property rights , rules of origin , Shinzo Abe , structural reform , the Diet , TPP , US Congress
Jan 27,2014 Topics of the Month TPP – 1 Japan and the United States in the Transpacific Partnership: Costs, Benefits, and the Politics of Getting to Yes The TPP has risen from modest origins as an FTA among Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore to become the centerpiece of US trade strategy in the Asia-Pacific. It is breathtaking in its ambition to be […] William W. Grimes Abe Shinzo , model of economic governance , third arrow , Trans-Pacific Partnership , US Congress