Significance and challenges of institutionalizing regulatory co-operation thtough regional trade agreements

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Nakagawa Junji 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (20183080)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 地域貿易協定 / 規制協力 / TPP(環太平洋連携協定) / TPP11 / 広域FTA

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As multilateral trade negotiation through the WTO has been in a stalemate for a long time, major trading countries have shifted their trade policy priority to the negotiation of regional trade agreements. Regulatory co-operation is one of the key subject matter of regional trade agreements. This research project analyzed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in detail, and elucidated that it contains a high-level regulatory co-operation on a wide range of subject matters. It concludes that the TPP will be an important precedent of institutionalizing regulatory co-operation through regulatory co-operation.

Free Research Field

国際経済法