CPTPP is one of the largest free trade agreements in the world, representing nearly 13.5 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). The agreement links 11 Asia-Pacific economies—Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New...CPTPP • March 16th, 2018
This seminar will uncover key details and impact in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as to equip you with vital lessons that can sustain and uplift your organisation and business to higher levels, despite the expected increased competition and market liberalisation.
Segmentation and Side Letters: New Zealand’s Experience with ISDS in the CPTPPCPTPP • January 14th, 2020
This paper explores New Zealand’s shift from a bilateral approach to international investment agreements to a multilateral approach, then back to a form of bilateralism within the multilateral CPTPP. The side letters can be characterised as subsequent agreements which modify a multilateral agreement between some of the parties, under art 41 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. While this paper concludes that the mechanism is legally valid, the practical effectiveness is undermined by New Zealand’s overlapping previous agreements, the possibility of treaty shopping and the prospects of further countries acceding to the CPTPP.
