Insights
Primer: The Trans Pacific
Partnership
BY JACQUELINE VARAS | NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Introduction
After years of negotiations and weeks of anticipation, the final text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has
been released.[1] TPP is a trade agreement between the United States, Japan, and ten other Pacific nations.
These countries represent 40 percent of the world’s Gross Domestic Product and, combined, would form the
largest free trade area ever created.[2]
Source: Forbes[3]
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The Trade Promotion Authority, passed earlier this year, established guidelines for the passage of trade deals
like TPP. These guidelines stipulate that an up or down vote from Congress cannot occur for at least 90 days
after the President notifies Congress of his intention to sign the agreement[4], which he did on November 5,
2015. This gives the public and Congress ample time to analyze its contents in detail and determine its
implications for the American economy.
Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers
The primary purpose of TPP is to eliminate barriers to trade. One such barrier, tariffs, drives up the cost of
foreign goods in order to encourage the sale of goods manufactured at home. These taxes on imports make
foreign goods and services more expensive, reducing trade and limiting competition. Expanding competition,
however, is generally thought to lower prices, incentivize innovation in manufacturing, and encourage the
creation of higher quality goods.
TPP eliminates or reduces all tariffs on goods traded between partner countries. Currently, tariffs imposed on
U.S. exports are as high as 100 percent on goods and 700 percent on agriculture products. The TPP agreement
would abolish many of these tariffs, translating into approximately 18,000 tax cuts on U.S. goods sold abroad.[5]
TPP also aims to increase trade in services. Services make up a substantial portion of U.S. trade, accounting for
$711 billion of exports in 2014.[6] TPP expands market access in this area by prohibiting quantity restrictions
on imported services, outlawing discrimination against foreign service providers, and encouraging the open
exchange of services in all sectors.[7]
Electronic Commerce
TPP is the first trade agreement to establish guidelines concerning electronic commerce.[8] Specifically, it bans
forced data localization laws, which mandate that firms place physical servers in areas where they would like to
do online business. These laws place undue burdens on businesses and make cross-border data flows more
expensive, restricting electronic commerce and hurting consumers.[9] TPP also prohibits customs duties,
another form of import taxes, on electronic transmissions and includes several provisions to facilitate paperless
trading. These features all aim to encourage e-commerce as a growing method of international trade.
The agreement is also the first to spec ...
It involves 12 countries: the US, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
The pact aims to deepen economic ties between these nations, slashing tariffs and fostering trade to boost growth.
Member countries are also hoping to foster a closer relationship on economic policies and regulation.
The agreement could create a new single market something like that of the EU.
Pretty big indeed. The 12 countries have a collective population of about 800 million - almost double that of the European Union's single market. The 12-nation would-be bloc is already responsible for 40% of world trade.
The deal is a remarkable achievement given the very different approaches and standards within the member countries, including environmental protection, workers' rights and regulatory coherence - not to mention the special protections that some countries have for certain industries
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
· Read the overview for Module 4· From the textbook, Internation.docxLynellBull52
· Read the overview for Module 4
· From the textbook, International business law and its environment, read the following chapters:
· National Lawmaking Powers and the Regulation of U.S. Trade
· GATT Law and the World Trade Organization: Basic Principles
· Law Governing Access to Foreign Markets
· From the Argosy University online library resources, read:
· Desai, M., Foley, C., & Hines Jr., J. (2004, December). Foreign direct investment in a world of multiple taxes.Journal of Public Economics, 88(12), 2727–2744. (LIRN Article A152498641)
· Gunter, H. (2006). Global expansion plans broaden horizons. Hotel & Motel Management, 221(18), 1–49. Retrieved from EBSCO database http://search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=22746846&site=ehost-live
· International growth. (2009). Franchising World, 41(2), 93. Retrieved from EBSCO databasehttp://libproxy.edmc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=36530783&site=ehost-live
Growth in International Markets
Can managers afford to be conservative when taking decisions related to potential growth prospects?
After a company has successfully entered a foreign market, it may decide to continue to grow. Decisions to invest further can become easier to make based on the company’s experience in that market.
In early 2009, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Europe’s largest bank, announced that it was retreating from its expansion plans in the U.S. HSBC had recorded a $16 billion bad-debt loss in 2008. The loss was from an acquisition that initially cost the bank $14.8 billion. HSBC also had an additional $10 billion write-down on goodwill from its acquisition. The decision was primarily influenced by the eroding U.S. real estate market and a decline in the lending portfolio value of Household Financial, a six-year-old acquisition. Federal policies and regulations such as reduced interest rates, increased money supply, and Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds were contributing factors.
Raising capital, finding labor, and leveraging existing distribution channels all play a part in the decision to grow further. However, growth in international markets continues to be a challenge despite any circumstances.
Module 4 Overview (2 of 2)
Growth in International Markets
This module will cover the risks associated with growth in international markets.
You will compare the risks of further expansion in an existing market with the risks of expanding into a new market. In your assignment, you will also investigate economic incentives offered to companies that plan on investing. You will also look at the various regulatory issues companies need to take into account prior to further expansion.
CHAPTER 10: Laws Governing Access to Foreign Markets
Left to their own devices, the natural inclination of most nations is to protect their domestic industrial and agricultural base from foreign competition. National governments are easily tempted by t.
It involves 12 countries: the US, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
The pact aims to deepen economic ties between these nations, slashing tariffs and fostering trade to boost growth.
Member countries are also hoping to foster a closer relationship on economic policies and regulation.
The agreement could create a new single market something like that of the EU.
Pretty big indeed. The 12 countries have a collective population of about 800 million - almost double that of the European Union's single market. The 12-nation would-be bloc is already responsible for 40% of world trade.
The deal is a remarkable achievement given the very different approaches and standards within the member countries, including environmental protection, workers' rights and regulatory coherence - not to mention the special protections that some countries have for certain industries
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
· Read the overview for Module 4· From the textbook, Internation.docxLynellBull52
· Read the overview for Module 4
· From the textbook, International business law and its environment, read the following chapters:
· National Lawmaking Powers and the Regulation of U.S. Trade
· GATT Law and the World Trade Organization: Basic Principles
· Law Governing Access to Foreign Markets
· From the Argosy University online library resources, read:
· Desai, M., Foley, C., & Hines Jr., J. (2004, December). Foreign direct investment in a world of multiple taxes.Journal of Public Economics, 88(12), 2727–2744. (LIRN Article A152498641)
· Gunter, H. (2006). Global expansion plans broaden horizons. Hotel & Motel Management, 221(18), 1–49. Retrieved from EBSCO database http://search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=22746846&site=ehost-live
· International growth. (2009). Franchising World, 41(2), 93. Retrieved from EBSCO databasehttp://libproxy.edmc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsh&AN=36530783&site=ehost-live
Growth in International Markets
Can managers afford to be conservative when taking decisions related to potential growth prospects?
After a company has successfully entered a foreign market, it may decide to continue to grow. Decisions to invest further can become easier to make based on the company’s experience in that market.
In early 2009, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Europe’s largest bank, announced that it was retreating from its expansion plans in the U.S. HSBC had recorded a $16 billion bad-debt loss in 2008. The loss was from an acquisition that initially cost the bank $14.8 billion. HSBC also had an additional $10 billion write-down on goodwill from its acquisition. The decision was primarily influenced by the eroding U.S. real estate market and a decline in the lending portfolio value of Household Financial, a six-year-old acquisition. Federal policies and regulations such as reduced interest rates, increased money supply, and Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds were contributing factors.
Raising capital, finding labor, and leveraging existing distribution channels all play a part in the decision to grow further. However, growth in international markets continues to be a challenge despite any circumstances.
Module 4 Overview (2 of 2)
Growth in International Markets
This module will cover the risks associated with growth in international markets.
You will compare the risks of further expansion in an existing market with the risks of expanding into a new market. In your assignment, you will also investigate economic incentives offered to companies that plan on investing. You will also look at the various regulatory issues companies need to take into account prior to further expansion.
CHAPTER 10: Laws Governing Access to Foreign Markets
Left to their own devices, the natural inclination of most nations is to protect their domestic industrial and agricultural base from foreign competition. National governments are easily tempted by t.
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Depressive disorder
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The Media’s Influences on Society
The topic I chose to write my major essay on is the media’s influences on society.
This includes both positive and negative influences that the media portrays which plays a big part in society. I will explain how and why the media is used for much more than just entertainment purposes for society and how the media affects the choices society makes and its outcomes. The media affects society with these influences because it alters the way people think and it plays a role in the choices the people make. The change in peoples thoughts do to influences from what they see creates an opportunity for them to either make a good or bad choice depending on the type of influence that is shown. I believe that most of time the media portrays negative influences upon society. A positive influence from the media would be a commercial or show/clip about stopping bullying that informs people about the topic and why bullying is wrong and how it affects the lives of the victims. This type of media would influence society in a positive way because it would actually get society thinking about the situation and for the bullies some of them will actually realize the harm they are causing there victims and they would probably stop bullying people. A negative influence of the media would be a song with someone talking about how they murder people and take drugs and make it in a way to make people think it’s “cool” and then people who listen to it start imitating the things talked about in the song because they want to be “cool”. What I hope to accomplish with this essay is to open people eyes and help them see that the things they watch and listen to as in media actually alter the way they think and the choices they make so hopefully they change what they listen to and watch to more positive things.
The reason I chose to write about the media and its influences on society is to inform people that media has a bigger purposes than just entertainment for society and to hopefully help people make better choices and actually pay attention to the things they watch and listen to. I see how the media influence our modern society everywhere, at the basketball courts at the park at stores. Some of the people at the basketball courts I go to start listening to music that talk about drugs, gangs, murder and they start acting tough, being stupid and talking reckless and they get into arguments or even worse end up getting into fights and someone gets hurt I see this all the time. My paper is important because it will help shed light on the media motives and hopefully start making people m.
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Major Assignment
Objectives
This assignment will provide practice and experience in:
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Writing a program – Topic 2
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Debugging– Topic 3
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Stepwise Refinement& Modularisation – Topic 4 and Topic 10
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Selection – Topic 5
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Iteration – Topic 6
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Arrays – Topic 7
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File handling – Topic 9
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Structs – Topic 11
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ng on when you start this assignment you may need to read ahead especially on how to use files andstructs.
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Read the assignment specifications carefully first.Write the first version of your program in Week 4 and then create new versions as you learn new topics. Do NOT leave it until Week 11 to start writing the program. Review Topic 4 on stepwise refinement. This is how you should approach the major. Also note that though your program must do something and must compile it does not have to be complete to earn marks.
Specifications
One of the many tasks that programmers get asked to do is to convert data from one form to another. Frequently data is presented to users in well-labelled, tabular form for easy reading. However, it is impossible or very difficult to do further processing of the data unless it is changed into a more useful form.
For the purposes of this assignment I have downloaded and will make available the undergraduate applications to the 37 Australian universities from the Department of Education for 2009 – 2013 data file as a text file.
Your program will load this data into an array of structs, save the data in a form that is directly usable by a database (see below), display the data on the console in its original form and in its database form. It will also allow the user to display the highest number of applications for a given state and year.
Your program will use a menu to allow the user to choose what task is to be done. You will only be required to handle the Applications data. You can ignore the Offers and Offers rates data (see below).
Data
See “undergraduateapplicationsoffersandacceptances2013appendices.txt” for the original data.
This is the data your program should produce and save:
New South Wales Charles Sturt University 4265 4298 4287 4668 4614
New South Wales Macquarie University 6255 6880 7294 7632 7625
New South Wales Southern Cross University 2432 2742 2573 2666 2442
New South Wales The University of New England 1601 1531 1504 1632 1690
New South Wales The University of New South Wales 10572 10865 11077 11008 11424
New South Wales The University of Newcastle 9364 9651 9876 10300 10571
New South Wales The University of Sydney 13963 14631 14271 14486 15058
New South Wales "University of Technology, Sydney" 10155 9906 9854 10621 9614
New South Wales University of Western Sydney 11251 11.
magine that you are employed by one of the followingT.docxcarliotwaycave
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that you are employed by one of the following:
The social services division of a state or city government
A citizen action committee made up of community members
A police or fire department
A school or educational organization (public or private)
Develop
a 1,050- to 1,400-word needs statement and management plan that will be part of a proposal for a fictitious, grant-funded project of your choosing on behalf of your agency or organization. Include the following sections in your submission:
Paragraph One: Describe the characteristics of your fictitious agency or organization.
Paragraph Two: Discuss the possible funding sources you might contact for this grant proposal.
Needs Statement: Establish the specific problem the proposed project will address.
Management Plan: Describe the responsibilities of the project director (you) and any staff you will employ to implement the grant.
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M4D1: Communication Technologies
In this module, we have focused on understanding and using new communication technologies to be more competent communicators.
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What social media strategy would you recommend for your current (or previous) workplace?
What areas do you think your organization can still improve?
How would you explain the importance of social media to your employer?
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Luthans and Doh (2012) discuss three major techniques for responding to political risk. Should an international organization always use all three techniques? Why or why not?
Your response should be at least 150 words in length. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Lyddie by Katherine Paterson1. If you were Lyddie how would you h.docxcarliotwaycave
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
1. If you were Lyddie how would you have handled the incident with mr marsen?
2. Explain how Charlie's visit is a turning point in the story
3. How does Paterson show how important it is for a person to have goals in life
4. What are three examples that Lyddie supports her self pity with when she feels she has been too late for everything
5. What do we learn about Diana and how does this new development change Lyddies role in the factory
6. What event occurs in chapter 20 that was foreshadowed earlier? What predictions can you make about Lyddie's future
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Luthans and Doh (2012) discuss feedback systems. Why is it important to consider an effective feedback system as an international manager?
Your response should be at least 150 words in length. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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use pages 212-215
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Luthans and Doh (2012) discuss factors affecting decision-making aut.docxcarliotwaycave
Luthans and Doh (2012) discuss factors affecting decision-making authority. Briefly describe at least three factors that affect decision-making authority.
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InsightsPrimer The Trans Pacific PartnershipBY JACQUE.docx
1. Insights
Primer: The Trans Pacific
Partnership
BY JACQUELINE VARAS | NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Introduction
After years of negotiations and weeks of anticipation, the final
text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has
been released.[1] TPP is a trade agreement between the United
States, Japan, and ten other Pacific nations.
These countries represent 40 percent of the world’s Gross
Domestic Product and, combined, would form the
largest free trade area ever created.[2]
Source: Forbes[3]
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http://americanactionforum.org/experts/jacqueline-varas
The Trade Promotion Authority, passed earlier this year,
established guidelines for the passage of trade deals
like TPP. These guidelines stipulate that an up or down vote
from Congress cannot occur for at least 90 days
after the President notifies Congress of his intention to sign the
agreement[4], which he did on November 5,
2015. This gives the public and Congress ample time to analyze
its contents in detail and determine its
implications for the American economy.
2. Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers
The primary purpose of TPP is to eliminate barriers to trade.
One such barrier, tariffs, drives up the cost of
foreign goods in order to encourage the sale of goods
manufactured at home. These taxes on imports make
foreign goods and services more expensive, reducing trade and
limiting competition. Expanding competition,
however, is generally thought to lower prices, incentivize
innovation in manufacturing, and encourage the
creation of higher quality goods.
TPP eliminates or reduces all tariffs on goods traded between
partner countries. Currently, tariffs imposed on
U.S. exports are as high as 100 percent on goods and 700
percent on agriculture products. The TPP agreement
would abolish many of these tariffs, translating into
approximately 18,000 tax cuts on U.S. goods sold abroad.[5]
TPP also aims to increase trade in services. Services make up a
substantial portion of U.S. trade, accounting for
$711 billion of exports in 2014.[6] TPP expands market access
in this area by prohibiting quantity restrictions
on imported services, outlawing discrimination against foreign
service providers, and encouraging the open
exchange of services in all sectors.[7]
Electronic Commerce
TPP is the first trade agreement to establish guidelines
concerning electronic commerce.[8] Specifically, it bans
forced data localization laws, which mandate that firms place
physical servers in areas where they would like to
do online business. These laws place undue burdens on
businesses and make cross-border data flows more
3. expensive, restricting electronic commerce and hurting
consumers.[9] TPP also prohibits customs duties,
another form of import taxes, on electronic transmissions and
includes several provisions to facilitate paperless
trading. These features all aim to encourage e-commerce as a
growing method of international trade.
The agreement is also the first to specifically sets guidelines for
the trade of digital products. Namely, it
establishes a free market for digital goods by outlawing trade
discrimination against them.[10] Digital goods
include software, mobile apps, online games, or any other
products that are shipped electronically.
Biologics
Biologics, a relatively new form of medicine made up of living
cells, are among the fastest growing
pharmaceuticals on the market. Some suggest that biologics
will comprise 32 percent of major pharmaceutical
sales by 2023.[11] While these drugs may be a life-saving
breakthrough in medical science, they can also be
very expensive: the yearly costs of commonly used biological
drugs can range from over $20,000 to $200,000.
[12]
TPP provides manufacturers of biologics in the Asian-Pacific
region with at least five to eight years of data
exclusivity before competitors can enter the market with their
own non-innovator versions, called biosimilars.
This would be the first time that some countries, like Mexico,
have data protections for biologics. U.S. law,
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4. which currently guarantees 12 years of exclusivity, would not
be changed. [13]
This provision has raised serious concerns among biologic
manufacturers as to their ability to recover upfront
investments before biosimilars enter the market. PhRMA, a
representative of the pharmaceutical industry,
issued a statement denouncing TPP for its lack of data
protection. The group suggests that strong intellectual
property laws are essential to freely encourage innovation.[14]
Some, however, argue that without the market
entrance of lower-priced biosimilars, the poorest consumers
would be hurt most.[15] AAF research found that
this is not necessarily the case: the complexity of biologics
prevents biosimilars from achieving the same cost
savings previously seen in the case of traditional small molecule
generics.[16]
Agriculture
U.S. agriculture is likely to be a primary beneficiary of the
agreement, as 85 percent of U.S. agricultural exports
are currently sold to TPP nations.[17] The deal would boost
agricultural trade even further by significantly
lowering tariffs and opening up nations like Japan, New
Zealand, and Malaysia to competition in agricultural
trade. For instance, taxes would be immediately removed on
over half of our agricultural exports to Japan and
on over 90 percent of exports to Malaysia and New Zealand.[18]
And for many agricultural products, tariff-rate
quotas (TRQ) would be either newly established or increased,
allowing more U.S. products to be imported tariff-
free by our TPP partner countries.
Rice is a prime example. Currently, U.S. rice exports to Japan
5. face significant market access barriers with
tariffs as high as 800 percent.[19] TPP would immediately
establish a new country-specific quota (CSQ) for
tariff-free U.S. rice exports starting at 50,000 tons and rising to
70,000 tons over 13 years.[20] However, some
U.S. rice growers are apprehensive about the consequences of
eliminating tariffs, especially as it pertains to our
trade with Mexico.[21] While low transportation costs have
historically made Mexico our largest destination
for rice exports, TPP could even the playing field for other rice-
producing nations and lower Mexico’s
dependence on U.S. rice.
A more controversial consequence of TPP on agricultural trade
involves the Canadian dairy supply management
system. In order to stabilize dairy prices and prevent
overproduction, Canadian farmers are limited in the
amount of dairy they can produce. Similarly, to prevent foreign
competition from bringing down dairy prices,
Canada restricts dairy imports through a quota system. By
giving exporters new access to 3.25 percent of the
Canadian dairy market, TPP expands competition and may put
downward pressure on Canadian dairy prices.[22]
Rules of Origin
Rules of origin dictate that goods manufactured within TPP
nations can qualify for tariff benefits. With today’s
supply chains expanding across borders, these rules are made to
incentivize domestic production. In addition to
goods that are wholly produced or grown in TPP nations, the
agreement also contains product-specific rules for
goods requiring complex production processes. For example, 45
percent of vehicles and 35 to 45 percent of
auto parts must be manufactured within TPP borders in order to
be eligible for reduced tariffs.[23]
6. The Mexican auto industry has criticized TPP’s rules of origin
provisions for being weaker than in the North
American Free Trade Agreement, which requires over 60
percent of automobiles and auto parts to be
manufactured within the partner countries’ borders.[24]
Advocates instead suggest that these rules, combined
with reduced trade barriers, will spur domestic manufacturing
and benefit the auto industry.[25]
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http://americanactionforum.org/research/the-new-frontier-of-
pharmaceuticals-biosimilars
Labor
TPP includes the strongest labor and human rights protections
of any trade agreement in history. For instance, it
mandates that all TPP nations give workers the right to organize
into unions and collectively bargain. It also
completely eliminates forced and child labor and requires
partner countries to have laws concerning minimum
wages, hours of work, and occupational safety.[26]
Furthermore, the U.S. made three separate agreements with
countries that are especially lacking in labor standards:
Malaysia agreed to implement significant reforms to
combat human trafficking, and both Brunei and Communist
Vietnam pledged to allow the full freedom of union
activity.
TPP provides partner countries the right to institute trade
sanctions against any nation that does not comply with
these labor laws. Critics argue that these standards are
unrealistic and fear TPP countries will continue to
7. exploit labor to drive down the costs of manufacturing.[27]
AFL-CIO, the largest federation of American
unions, has come out against TPP, citing inadequate ways to
enforce the standards.[28] Others criticize TPP’s
labor rules for the opposite reason: in countries that have never
before implemented basic labor standards,
drastically raising the cost of labor could harm their domestic
economies and trade.[29]
Intellectual Property and Copyright Protections
TPP includes strong intellectual property (IP) standards to
freely encourage innovation in production. It also
extends copyright protections to cover the lifespan of a creator
and 70 years after a creator’s death. Penalties for
breaking these provisions are severe: stealing trade secrets or
pirating copyrighted goods is considered a
criminal offense. Critics worry that these penalties carry
dangerous implications for whistleblowers and online
consumers.[30]
One of the more controversial aspects of TPP’s IP protections
concerns “fair use” exemptions to copyright law.
These exemptions allow the limited use of copyrighted material,
which is frequently utilized by online users
who engage in research, commentary, and criticism.[31]
Opponents condemn TPP for not including mandatory
fair use exemptions, even though the deal does not explicitly
outlaw them.[32] Others warn against exceptions
and limitations to copyright protection. They suggest that
mandating a one-size-fits-all fair use policy would be
harmful to nations with different legal systems and in different
stages of technological development.[33]
Network Neutrality
8. There is no true consensus on the definition of network
neutrality or what it means in practice. Generally, it can
refer to the notion that network providers should not restrict
access or interfere with the speed of data as it
travels to consumers.[34] TPP clearly promotes this concept by
recognizing the benefits of open access to
internet and telecommunication services across nations.[35]
However, it does not mandate network neutrality
among TPP nations.
Critics oppose TPP’s weak language on neutrality. Instead of
simply acknowledging the benefits, they demand
that it be an obligation among trading partners. [36] While
many support global network neutrality rules, they
may be practically difficult to implement. Telecommunications
officials caution that new regulations would
negatively affect the quality of their service and discourage
innovation.[37]
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http://americanactionforum.org/insights/what-is-network-
neutrality
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), as outlined in TPP,
refers to a procedure by which private companies
can sue foreign governments over discrimination, seizure of
private property, or other wrongful acts. By
utilizing ISDS, TPP participants can more quickly resolve their
issues through mediation. However, some have
asserted that ISDS is biased toward larger corporations at the
expense of U.S. law: if the U.S. enacts a policy
that is unfavorable to a foreign company’s bottom line, ISDS
9. would enable that company to take legal action
against the U.S. outside of our court system.[38]
Others have voiced concerns that ISDS does not go far enough.
TPP specifically excludes tobacco companies
from participating in ISDS, which means that the tobacco
industry would be prohibited from suing TPP nations
that institute anti-smoking regulations. Several members of
Congress have denounced this provision as harmful
to U.S. tobacco growers. They also worry that the exemption
may lead to other sectors being excluded from
ISDS in the future.[39]
Currency Manipulation
Currency Manipulation occurs when a nation’s central bank
devalues its currency relative to the rest of the
world by lowering the price of its goods and spurring export
growth. Critics view this practice as an unfair
scheme to boost exports and condemn TPP for not explicitly
outlawing it.[40] Instead of including rules against
manipulation in the agreement itself, TPP central bankers
negotiated a side deal: a joint declaration in which all
participating nations pledged to refrain from currency
manipulation for competitive gain.[41]
This declaration aims to increase transparency in the crafting of
monetary policy. It obligates TPP nations to
publically report current and future exchange rates as well as
quarterly reports on exports and imports. It also
creates a group of “Macroeconomic Officials” from each TPP
nation that will meet annually, giving TPP
nations an opportunity to challenge any practices they deem
unfair. However, the side deal does not outline any
clear penalties against currency manipulation, which has been a
major point of criticism.[42]
10. The auto industry has voiced strong objections to this point.
U.S. auto manufacturing is the largest exporter in
the country, with auto exports reaching record highs for each of
the past three years.[43] Because of their
dependence on exports, auto manufacturers are also
disproportionately damaged by international currency
manipulation. Ford motors recently slammed the trade deal for
not including laws against devaluation.[44]
Furthermore, the American Automotive Policy Council
introduced its own proposal that would outlaw nations
from manipulating their currencies and reverse the tariff
benefits for any nations that do.[45]
Conclusion
TPP would radically transform U.S. trade in the Asian-Pacific.
As a product of seven years of negotiations
between 12 independent nations, the final deal is undoubtedly
complex. While TPP may not have universal
support in its current form, terms of the deal are not set in
stone. TPP establishes a commission of senior
officials who would regularly evaluate the agreement’s
economic impacts and meet to propose reforms.[46] It
does, however, present a historic opportunity for the U.S. to
join in free trade with some of the fastest growing
economies in the world.[47]
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It is now up to Congress to decide if the trade boost generated
from TPP’s tariff benefits outweigh its possible
costs.