Section B: General Definitions
Article 1.3: General Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:
AD Agreement means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, (Anti-Dumping Agreement) (click here) contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (click here);
So far, I have brought the WTO forward five times. This is ridiculous. What about the WTO do the participating countries dislike?
Agreement means the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement;
APEC means Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation;
APEC? (click here) APEC is in there, too? Joking. Why does this document exist?
How many Senators and House Congresspersons read the TPP. All they need to know are talking points, right?
October 6, 2015
By Daniel W. Drezner
...Snell is right. (click here) As an exercise, I surfed the Web to see what members of Congress had said about the TPP since Monday’s announcement. Here’s what I found:
APEC? (click here) APEC is in there, too? Joking. Why does this document exist?
How many Senators and House Congresspersons read the TPP. All they need to know are talking points, right?
October 6, 2015
By Daniel W. Drezner
...Snell is right. (click here) As an exercise, I surfed the Web to see what members of Congress had said about the TPP since Monday’s announcement. Here’s what I found:
- Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): “Closing a deal is an achievement for our nation only if it works for the American people and can pass Congress by meeting the high-standard objectives laid out in bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority. While the details are still emerging, unfortunately I am afraid this deal appears to fall woefully short…. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a once in a lifetime opportunity and the United States should not settle for a mediocre deal that fails to set high-standard trade rules in the Asia-Pacific region for years to come.”...
