2017 Publications
BASC Staff Articles
Japan and the Leadership of the World Trading System
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Abe Global, 2017
For several reasons, passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would, on the whole, have been a good thing.
Power in international trade politics: is ISDS a solution in search of a problem?
|By Andrew Reddie – Deputy Director|
Business and Politics, 2017
This article examines the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms in recent mega-free trade agreement.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Limits on Negotiating Behind the Border Barriers
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Simon Evenett|
Business and Politics, 2017
This special issue focuses on the difficulties of negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with contributions by scholars from different perspectives.
Resisting Behind the Border Talks in TTIP: The Cases of GMOs and Data Privacy
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Simon Evenett|
Business and Politics, 2017
Despite initial intentions to better align transatlantic regulation and associated practices in the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), this was not possible for rules concerning genetically modified organisms and data privacy.