Mega-Regional Trade Agreements
Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Setting the Scene -- Mega-Regionals: Challenges, Opportunities and Research Questions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Preferential Trade Agreements to ``Mega-Regionals´´ -- 3 The Anatomy of Recent PTAs and Mega-Regional Agreements -- 3.1 Market Access -- 3.2 Non-Tariff Barriers and Regulatory Cooperation in Particular -- 3.3 The Forgotten Singapore Issues: Investment and Competition -- 3.4 Making Trade Rules More Responsive: Labour Rights, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Culture -- 3.5 Governance and Dispute Settlement -- 4 Legal Issues: From Earlier Debates to New Questions -- 4.1 Living in a Hybrid World: Partners to PTAs -- 4.1.1 Dispute Settlement as a Starting Point: Earlier Cases of Conflict -- 4.1.2 Lessons Learnt and the Hybrid Structure Revisited -- 4.2 Mega-Regionals, Third Parties and the World Trading System: Article XXIV as a Starting Point and New Developments -- 4.2.1 The Logic, Interpretation and Impact of Article XXIV GATT -- 4.2.2 New Questions -- 5 Pros and Cons for Whom? A Preliminary Assessment -- 5.1 Benefits for Participants: Integration and Its Limits -- 5.2 Disadvantages for All: Fragmentation from Various Perspectives -- 5.3 Advantages for All? Spill-Overs and Innovation -- 6 In Conclusion: The Level of Ambition Between Undue Proximity and Innovation -- References -- Part II: Strategic and Structural Issues -- The Strategic Dimension of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Rationale for TTIP -- 2.1 Economic Aspects -- 2.2 Strategic Considerations -- 3 TTIP in the Context of Broader External Relations -- 3.1 What Does TTIP Mean for Transatlantic Relations? -- 3.2 How Will TTIP Affect EU External Relations? -- 3.3 The Impact of TTIP on Developing Countries