8. The Frustrated TPP and New Challenges for the Global Governance of Trade and Investment

2019 ◽  
pp. 212-242
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Trade And Investment

Global Governance in the “Anthropocene”

2018 ◽  
pp. 466-478
Author(s):  
Frank Biermann
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Planetary Evolution ◽  
Village Level ◽  
International Political Theory ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Village

The concept of an Anthropocene is now widely used in a variety of contexts, communities, and connotations. This chapter explores the possible consequences of this paradigmatic turn for the field of International Political Theory (IPT), arguing that the notion of an Anthropocene is likely to change the way we understand political systems both analytically and normatively, from the village level up to the United Nations. This makes the Anthropocene one of the most demanding, and most interesting, research topics for the field of IPT. The chapter first lays out the manifold new challenges for IPT that have been brought about by the concept of the Anthropocene, and then illustrates these challenges with an example: the increasing need of governments to define and agree upon “desirable” futures for planetary evolution.

scholarly journals The Trade Regime Complex and Megaregionals – An Exploration from the Perspective of International Domination

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Brandi
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Global Order ◽  
Transatlantic Trade ◽  
Regime Complex ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
Institutional Fragmentation

Megaregional trade negotiations have become the subject of heated debate, above all in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In this article, I argue that the justice of the global order suffers from its institutional fragmentation into regime complexes. From a republican perspective, which aspires to non-domination as a guiding principles and idea of global justice, regime complexes raise specific and important challenges in that they open the door to specific forms of domination. I thereby challenge a more optimistic outlook in regime complexes, which paints a positive normative picture of regime complexes, arguing that they enable the enhancement of democracy beyond the state and, consequently, have the potential to reduce the democratic deficit in global governance. By drawing attention to how regime complexes reinforce domination-related injustice, this article contributes an original perspective on megaregionals and to exploring the implications of global justice as non-domination.

The China Model in the Global Economy

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Bahar Baysal Kar ◽  
Taha Eğri
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
New Development ◽  
China Model ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
Chinese Capitalism ◽  
Trade And Investment

The purpose of this chapter is to stand against the claim that the same neo-liberal model emerges in all countries as a result of the competitive pressures arising from globalization. Countries can experience a globalization pattern that improves their growth performance and living standards with different policy preferences in the fields of finance, trade, and investment. The variety of Chinese capitalism is a case of this situation. In the first section, this Chinese development model with its illiberal policies first is examined. In the second section, the new development initiatives and institutional arrangements and their potential effects are discussed. In addition, the implications of these new development initiatives are argued in terms of global governance systems.

Responses to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Challenges for Global Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Begg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
New Challenges

The deepening economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has elicited extensive policy responses, but also raises daunting challenges for global governance. This policy-oriented article explores the new challenges for multilateralism, assesses efforts to coordinate these policy responses, and considers likely outcomes.

scholarly journals Reducing the Power of the Alcohol Industry in Trade and Investment Agreement Negotiations Through Improved Global Governance of Alcohol Comment on "What Generates Attention to Health in Trade Policy-Making? Lessons From Success in Tobacco Control and Access to Medicines: A Qualitative Study of Australia and the (Comprehensive and Progressive) Trans-Pacific Partnership"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Alcohol Industry ◽  
Investment Treaty ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Trade And Investment

The power of the alcohol industry pervades the global governance of alcohol. The influence of the industry is seen in trade and investment treaty negotiations, operating through direct and indirect means. Curbing the influence of the industry is vital to improving the treatment of health issues generally and in trade and investment policy particularly. The World Health Organization (WHO) has an opportunity to start to rein in the power of the industry with its current work on drafting an ‘action plan’ for 2022-2030 to implement the Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol. The WHO working paper, however, proposes inadequate controls on alcohol industry influence. The WHO proposes ‘dialogue’ with the industry and allows the industry to take a role with government in public health labelling of alcohol. The public’s health will suffer if the WHO does not take a firmer stand against the industry in the ‘action plan.’

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