Megaregulation contested : global economic ordering after TPP. / Benedict Kingsbury.

Cover; Series; Megaregulation Contested; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Essence, Significance, and Problems of the Trans-​Pacific Partnership; I. Megaregulation, Geopolitics, and Ordering Projects; 2. The Trans-​Pacific Partnership as Megaregulation; 3. The Uncertain Geo-​Strategic Outlook for the US in Asia: The Pivot, the Re-​Balance, TPP, and Now What?; 4. TPP and China: A Tale of Two Economic Orderings?; II. Contesting Megaregulation: Distribution, Inequality, and Development 5. The Politics of Expertise in Transnational Economic Governance: Breaking the Cycle6. Power and Inequality in Megaregulation: The TPP Model; 7. The Lessons of TPP and the Future of Labor Chapters in Trade Agreements; 8. TPP and Environmental Regulation; 9. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation in TPP: The Missing Development Agenda; III. Transnational Business: Global Value Chains and the Digital Economy; 10. In a World of Value Chains: What Space for Regulatory Coherence and Cooperation in Trade Agreements? 11. The Regulation of Firms in Globally Intertwined Markets: The Case of Payment Systems12. TPP's Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs; 13. Sales, Sourcing, or Regulation? Evidence from TPP on What Drives Corporate Support for Trade; 14. Digital Megaregulation Uncontested? TPP's Model for the Global Digital Economy; IV. Megaregulation, the Regulatory State, and the Market; 15. Harmonization: Top Down, Bottom Up-​and Now Sideways? The Impact of the IP Provisions of Megaregional Agreements on Third Party States 16. Thailand and Public Health: Looking Beyond the Intellectual Property Chapter of TPP17. Remote Control: TPP's Administrative Law Requirements as Megaregulation; 18. Choices and Consequences: Internationalizing Competition Policy After TPP; 19. How Ready Is Indonesia to Open Government Procurement à la TPP?; 20. Japan: Leveraging National Regulatory Reform and the Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements; 21. Regulating Regulation: Impact Assessment and Trade; 22. Trade and Exchange Rates: The Joint Declaration of the Macroeconomic Policy Authorities of TPP Countries V. Megaregulatory Treaty Institutions23. The Institutions of TPP11: Back to the Future?; 24. State-​to-​State Dispute Settlement in Megaregionals; 25. Finding a Workable Balance Between Investor Protection and the Public Interest in the Trans-​Pacific Partnership; VI. National Politics of Megaregulatory Agreements; 26. Japan: Interest Group Politics, Foreign Policy Linkages, and TPP; 27. Structuring Participation: Public Comments and the Dynamics of US Trade Negotiations; 28. After TPP Is Before TPP: Mexican Politics for Economic Globalization and the Lost Chance for Reflection

In this collection, leading scholars from around the world analyse 'megaregulation': a new intergovernmental economic ordering and form of governance. In the aftermath of the failure of TPP, the collection also looks at the controversies surrounding megaregulation and the future directions complex transnational governance may take