Publication Date

1-1-2016

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Trade treaties, Multi-lateral legal regimes, Regulatory coherence, Bilateral free trade agreements, Regulatory cooperation councils, Mega-regional free trade agreements, Free trade agreements, Harmonization mechanisms, Trans-pacific partnership, Governance, Sovereignty, Legal transplantation, Public-private, Capacity-building

Abstract

This article posits a new taxonomy and framework for assessing regulatory coherence in the new generation of mega-regional, cross-cutting free trade agreements. Using the Trans-Pacific Partnership as the primary example, this article situates the rise of regulatory coherence within the current trade landscape, provides clear definitions of regulatory coherence, and argues that the real engine of regulatory coherence lies in the work of international standard setting organizations. This work has been little examined in the current literature. The article provides a detailed examination of the mechanics by which the Trans-Pacific Partnership promotes regulatory standardization and concludes with some normative implications and calls for future research.

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Rights Holder

Phoenix X.F. Cai, British Journal of American Legal Studies

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

34 pgs

File Size

2.3 MB

Publication Title

British Journal of American Legal Studies

Volume

5

Issue

2

First Page

505

Last Page

538

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