Mega-Regional Trade Agreements

Thilo Rensmann, Professor at Faculty of Law, University Augsburg, Germany

Part I Setting the Scene: Peter-Tobias Stoll, Mega Regionals: Challenges, Opportunities and Research Questions.- Part II Strategic and Structural Issues: Edouard Bourcieu, The Strategic Dimension of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.- Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Democratic Legitimacy of the CETA and TTIP Agreements?.- Joost Pauwelyn, Not As Preferential As You May Think: How Mega-Regionals Can Benefit Third Countries.- Armand de Mestral and Lukas Vanhonnaeker, Exception Clauses in Mega-Regionals (International Investment Protection and Trade Agreements).- Part III Liberalisation and Protection of Foreign Investment: Stephan W. Schill and Heather L. Bray, The Brave New (American) World of International Investment Law: Substantive Investment Protection Standards in Mega-Regionals.- Karsten Nowrot, Interactions between Investment Chapters in Mega-Regionals and Bilateral Investment Treaties.- Part IV Innovation and International Property Rights: Thomas Cottier, Dannie Jost and Michelle Schupp, The Prospects of TRIPS-plus Protection in Future Mega-Regionals.- Carlos M. Correa, Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Increasing the Barriers for the Access to Affordable Medicines.- Bryan Mercurio, Safeguarding Public Welfare? Intellectual Property Rights, Health and the Evolution of Treaty Drafting in international Investment Agreements.- Part V Energy Governance and the Green Economy: Christopher Frey, The Role of Mega-Regionals in the Decarbonization of the Economy.- Markus Krajewski, Liberalizing Trade in Energy Services and Domestic Regulation: New Approaches in Mega-Regionals?.- Part VI Emerging Trends in Other Regulatory Areas: Bernard Hoekman, Trade Agreements and International Cooperation on Public Procurement Regulation.- Simon Lester and Inu Manak, Addressing Regulatory Trade Barriers in Mega-Regional Trade Agreements.

"Mega-Regional Trade Agreements sheds light on many important aspects and implications of current trends towards greater regionalisation in global trade and its multilevel governance related to megaregionals. Overall, it represents a useful contribution to a much-needed discussion on this area of international law." (Ondrej Svoboda, The Lawyer Quarterly, Vol. 9 (2), 2019)

“Mega-Regional Trade Agreements sheds light on many important aspects and implications of current trends towards greater regionalisation in global trade and its multilevel governance related to megaregionals. Overall, it represents a useful contribution to a much-needed discussion on this area of international law.” (Ondřej Svoboda, The Lawyer Quarterly, Vol. 9 (2), 2019)