Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Path to Free Trade in the Asia-Pacific

Edited by Peter C.Y. Chow, Professor of Economics, City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, US

• Contents:PrefacePART I THE PATHWAYS TOWARD MEGA REGIONALISM AND THE TWO MAJOR PLAYERS1. Pathways to a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific: Problems and ProspectsPeter C.Y. Chow2. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and America’s Strategic Role in AsiaClaude Barfield3. Wrestling over the Trans-Pacific Partnership: US Strategic Interests, China’s Responses, and Taiwan’s Membership Options Tun-Jen Cheng and Wei-Chin LeePART II ENLARGING THE TPP MEMBERSHIP AS A ROAD MAP TOWARD MEGA TRADE BLOC4. Taiwan's TPP Accession: Impact on the TPP12 and Spillovers on Third PartiesDan Ciuriak and Jingliang Xiao 5. Trade Complementarity and Natural Trading Partners between the US and Second Round of TPP membersPeter C.Y. Chow6. The Impact of Taiwan’s TPP Accession on the United States Dan Ciuriak and Jingliang Xiao 7. TPP as A Pathway to APEC-based FTAAPPeter C.Y. Chow and Bo-Xian HsuPART III SECTORIAL LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE UNDER TPP8. Agriculture and TPP with or without China – A Partial Equilibrium AnalysisFrancis Tuan and Agapi Somwaru9. Pharmaceuticals and Herbal Medicine in the Asia Pacific amidst TRIPS and the TPP Lee-in Chen Chiu10. Services and Income Redistribution in Specific Factor Models of the Trans-Pacific PartnershipHenry Thompson11. The Case for Flexible Intellectual Property Protections in TPP: How Can the US Do It CorrectlyChing-Yi Liu Index

'This book is an outstanding collection of essays on the TPP. All 11 chapters were written by professionals. It starts with insightful analyses of the US security and economic interests, and the U.S. leadership in rebalancing Asia-Pacific. The book also includes unique captivating topics on pros and cons of enlarging the TPP memberships, especially using Taiwan as an example, and the effects of sectorial liberalization on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, income redistribution, and intellectual property protection. This book is a timely study of the TPP and is essential for economic and trade policymakers, political scientists, and empirical economists.'