International Law and Immigration
Ca. Int'l Law Journal VOL. 23, NO. 1, SUMMER 2015
Content
- "a Candid Reckoning With a Sordid Chapter" of History
- Alert: the Supreme Court, Equitable Tolling and International Treaty Interpretation
- Attacking Corruption at its Source: the Doj's Recent Efforts to Prosecute Bribe-Taking Foreign Officials
- Contents
- Editor's Comments
- Global Legal Research
- Greetings From the Chair of the International Law Section
- Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Masthead
- Practitioner's Spotlight: Interview With Dorian Daley
- Seizing Equatorial Guinea's Future: Punishing Foreign Kleptocracy with Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Taiwan's Experience Implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: One Example of Transnational Constitutionalism*
- Preparing for Tomorrow's Trans-Pacific Partnership
Preparing for Tomorrow’s Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Robert Bowen*
I. INTRODUCTION
Many California practitioners advise on transactions, investments, and other matters involving international commerce between private parties. Often, such commerce occurs against the backdrop of legal frameworks established by national governments after extensive negotiations. Multilateral and bilateral free trade agreements are good examples of frameworks that allow for and benefit subsequent private commerce. This article provides an overview of the framework and potential implications of a major multilateral trade agreement—the Trans-Pacific Partnership ("Tpp")—that appears likely to become operative in the near future and, if adopted, would have important ramifications for many California practitioners.