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Indeed,
agreements
like last year’s deal between China and the United States to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions – not to mention initiatives to mobilize business, such as We Mean Business – are unlikely to happen without them.
Originally financed by the European Union and others involved in the 1996 peace agreements, which ended 36 years of civil war, CICIG aimed to aid in the investigation and prosecution “of the crimes committed by members of the illegal bodies of security.”
These include not only World Trade Organization rules, but also proliferating regional and bilateral trade and investment
agreements
– all of which have sharply reduced the scope for IP formulation by limiting options for protecting and supporting industries and businesses selectively.
Even so, developing-country policymakers can build some measure of freedom into new trade and investment
agreements.
The only prospect for a feeble identity of interest is the emergence of some form of economic regionalism, pursued by Asian leaders through free-trade
agreements.
During Xi’s visit, the two leaders signed 15
agreements
in the fields of trade, finance, and culture.
CAMBRIDGE – Labor advocates have long complained that international trade
agreements
are driven by corporate agendas and pay little attention to the interests of working people.
Regional trade agreements, by contrast, have long taken labor standards aboard.
The linkage in these
agreements
between preferential market access and adherence to core labor rights has become increasingly explicit.
Since then, US trade
agreements
have typically included a labor chapter.
Developing countries have generally resisted inclusion of labor standards in trade
agreements
for fear that advanced countries will abuse such provisions for protectionist purposes.
In practice, the problem with trade agreements’ labor provisions is not that they are too restrictive for developing countries; it is that they may remain largely cosmetic, with little practical effect.
In principle, we could expand enforceable labor clauses in trade
agreements
to cover working conditions in the entire economy.
To date, labor clauses in trade
agreements
have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home.
And, while the two countries signed
agreements
in 1993 and 1996 that promised a peaceful settlement of the border dispute that led them to war in l962, it is worth noting that, just prior to India’s nuclear tests in March l998, India’s defense minister described China as India’s “potential enemy number one.”
US President Donald Trump’s administration will hinder economic growth when it starts to reverse trade agreements, and growth will take an even bigger hit when the US begins to destroy the norms and institutions that govern markets.
To be sure, international trade agreements, propped up by powerful interests, have become increasingly intrusive.
The Harvard economist Dani Rodrik shares that view, and has been sharply critical of some of his fellow economists for endorsing the “propaganda” that describes such deals as “free-trade agreements.”
But Obama’s victory was not an easy one: Members of his own Democratic Party overwhelmingly opposed fast-track authority, which limits Congress to a single up-or-down vote on finished trade agreements, thereby ruling out amendments.
Moreover, the agreement calls for the inclusion of existing international environmental standards in free-trade agreements, including rules concerning pollution and endangered animals.
Likewise, such
agreements
should support fair access to pharmaceutical patents and to the data used to prove the safety of medical treatments.
With regard to Iran, he reiterated the need to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, from which Trump has just withdrawn, though he did call for complementary
agreements
on topics that the existing agreement does not address.
These
agreements
should promote and facilitate zero-carbon investments.
In collaboration with governments and private companies, the World Bank Group has helped to structure concession
agreements
that are attractive to investors and allocate risk fairly.
That is why the pharmaceutical industry, the US, and others have pushed since its inception for a wider and stronger set of standards through add-on
agreements.
Such
agreements
would, for example, limit opposition to patent applications; prohibit national regulatory authorities from approving generic medicines until patents have expired; maintain data exclusivity, thereby delaying the approval of biogeneric drugs; and require new forms of protection, such as anti-counterfeiting measures.
Countries considering
agreements
like the Trans-Pacific Partnership or bilateral “partnership”
agreements
with the US and Europe need to be aware that this is one of the hidden objectives.
What are being sold as “free-trade agreements” include IP provisions that could stifle access to affordable medicines, with a potentially significant impact on economic growth and development.
As a result, they have willingly incorporated these mechanisms into peace
agreements
(conveniently ignoring the fact that the victims are forced to choose between seeking justice and learning the truth).
True, trade
agreements
have not brought benefits to a large number of Americans; many workers and communities have been hurt.
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