Possibilities and challenges of regulatory harmonization through regional trade agreements

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530043
• 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): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地域貿易協定 / 規制の国際的調和 / 環太平洋パートナーシップ（TPP) / 国有企業規制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed at analyzing efforts to harmonize regulation through regional trade agreements, and at elucidating the relationship between such efforts and regulatory harmonization through multilateral fora. One of the achievements of the research is the new attempt at controling financial and regulatory preference to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) through mega-FTAs, notably the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Though there is no multilateral forum on this theme, this new attempt through the TPP may trigger elaboration of harmonized rules on the issue by multilateral forums, in particular by the OECD.

Free Research Field

国際経済法