ContractTrans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement • May 16th, 2016
Contract Type FiledMay 16th, 2016TPP (Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement) was signed on the 4th April this year by the 12 member countries including Japan and USA. The member countries, contributing the total of 40 per cent of the World GDP, aim at bringing about the 21-century type of new rules and regulations that govern not only trade, but also environment, intellectual properties and labour through the TPP. Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka, the Japanese Chief Negotiator for the TPP is scheduled to give a lecture on “Why a chapter on labour was included in the TPP Agreement? “, and “What system was developed to ensure the protection of labour? Students registered for the course “Migration and Co-existence: Trade