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The Changing Landscape of Trade Negotiations Alan V. Deardorff University of Michigan Lecture 2 Nankai University February 29, 2016

How Trade Negotiations Have Changed – Under GATT, 8 Rounds of Multilateral Trade Negotiations Reduced tariffs to about 1/10 what they were before On MFN (Most Favored Nation) basis Among all GATT Signatories – 15 countries in 1945 – 128 countries in

– Culminated in the 1995 creation of the World Trade Organization, which included GATT GATS TRIPs 3 How Trade Negotiations Have Changed

– Under WTO, only one Round of multilateral negotiations covering broad trade policy: The Doha Round Began 2001 Ended without success at Nairobi Ministerial December 2015 – Only multilateral success has been the 2014 “Bali Package” dealing primarily with Trade Facilitation 4 How Trade Negotiations Have Changed

– Other negotiations under WTO have been “plurilateral” Involve a subset of WTO members in agreements that others may or may not choose to join – Instead, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated Mostly zero tariffs within only a group of 2 or more countries 5 How Trade Negotiations Have Changed

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7 China’s FTAs 2003 Hong Kong2008 Singapore 2003 Macao2009 Peru 2004 ASEAN2010 Costa Rica 2005 Chile2013 Iceland 2006 Pakistan2013 Switzerland 2008 New Zealand2015 S Korea How Trade Negotiations Have Changed Years are dates FTAs on goods were signed.

8 China’s FTAs: In Process CanadaSADC East African Com.Singapore IndiaThailand JapanUS TTIP MalaysiaVietnam PhilippinesWest Africa How Trade Negotiations Have Changed

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Mega-FTAs of the Past – European Union (grew from 6 to 28 countries) – Customs Union – MERCOSUR (Grew from 4 to South American countries) – ASEAN FTA (10 countries) 19 Today: “Mega-FTAs”

TPP: Trans-Pacific Partnership – 12 countries – Negotiations completed Oct 5, 2015 – Yet to be ratified – Intended to be open to additional countries Indonesia S. Korea Philippines 20 Today: “Mega-FTAs”

RCEP: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership – 10-member ASEAN, plus 6 countries with which ASEAN has FTAs: Australia China India Japan S. Korea New Zealand 21 Today: “Mega-FTAs”

TTIP: Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – US – 28-member EU 22 Today: “Mega-FTAs”

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What Is the TPP? Main Features of TPP (only a few of 30 chapters): – Trade in goods: Reduce/remove tariffs & NTBs – Trade in services: Reduce/remove barriers – Digital trade: Facilitate data flows and E- commerce – Investment: Investor/State Dispute Resolution – Intellectual Property: Expanded patents, etc. – Labor: Enforcement of standards – Environment: Enforcement of standards – State-Owned Firms: Competitive neutrality 25

Oddities of the TPP Tariffs – Cars and trucks: US tariffs removed Cars: 2.5%, removal phased in over 25 years. Trucks: 25%, removal phased in over 30 Years. – Schedules and rates differ by exporting country 26

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28 Bovine Meat Cuts (i.e., Beef) US21: No higher that Peru FTA EIF: Entry In Force (duty-free from start) US13: Base rate until 2022; duty-free in 2022 B10: Eliminated in 10 annual stages, duty-free in year 10

Oddities of the TPP ISDS: Investor/State Dispute Resolution – Controversial – Does not apply to tobacco industry 29

Oddities of the TPP Biologic Drugs (advanced medicines made from living organisms) – The issue: Time period of permitted data exclusivity – US wanted 12 years of protection, as contained in the Obama Care. – Australia and others wanted much shorter protection, 5 or 6 years. – Compromise: US keeps 12-years; others will not. 5 years protection will be an increase for some countries. 30

Oddities of the TPP Japanese Agriculture: – Japan will lower its tariff on beef from over 38.5% to 9% over 16 years – Pork tariff will fall from 4.3% to 2.2%, but will also lower minimum import price from ¥482/kg to ¥125, and later to ¥50. – Rice (no cut in tariff): New duty-free quota of 50,000 tons, rising to 75,000 tons in year 13 31

Oddities of the TPP Exchange Rates – US wanted TPP to address currency undervaluation (which makes exports cheaper) – Resolution: Side Agreement on Exchange Rates: Commitment to avoid manipulation Transparency and Reporting Group to meet at least annually to discuss macroeconomic and exchange rate issues No enforcement mechanism 32

Preferential tariff cuts – Pro: trade creation Similar to the classic “gains from trade” – Cons: Trade diversion Rules of origin (ROOs) Exemption of sensitive sectors – Sensitive = Most likely to be trade-creating if included 33 Pros and Cons of all FTAs

Other aspects of actual FTAs – Pros: Extension to trade in services Harmonization of regulations – Cons (?): Extension of IP protection Trade enforcement of labor standards Trade enforcement of environmental standards Investor-State Dispute Settlement 34 Pros and Cons of all FTAs

Preferential tariff cuts – Pros: Larger potential for trade creation If ROOs are cumulative, less distorting Potential for adding members Replace multiple rules with a single set – Cons: Though there are fewer outsiders, each is harmed more by trade diversion In fact (in TPP) there is more complexity 35 Additional Pros and Cons of Mega-FTAs

Other aspects of actual Mega-FTAs – Pros: May contribute to broader and more uniform standards – Cons: Their use as weapons of geopolitics 36 Additional Pros and Cons of Mega-FTAs

Might have created pressure to complete Doha Round. – Possible, just as NAFTA motivated Uruguay Round – Didn’t happen; Round is dead. 37 Implications of Mega-FTAs for the WTO

By lowering trade barriers regionally, Mega-FTAs will – Hasten the decline of uncompetitive industries, – Thus gradually reduce political forces for protection – This may reduce the need to use WTO- sanctioned administrative protection (anti-dumping, etc.) 38 Implications of Mega-FTAs for the WTO

Trade disputes will have alternative fora in which to be settled: Choice between WTO panels and FTA panels – This may lessen the role of the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism – But it will remain relevant 39 Implications of Mega-FTAs for the WTO

WTO will continue to be important for plurilateral negotiations on issues that transcend the Mega-FTAs Some issues that lend themselves neither to plurilateral agreements not to Mega-FTAs will remain unresolved – Most important: Subsidies 40 Implications of Mega-FTAs for the WTO

China must decide which Mega-FTAs – To join (TPP) – To create (RCEP) – To push for (FTAAP = Free Trade Area of Asia and the Pacific) Will China seek to use FTAs to – Wall itself off from other major countries? – Or join in economic integration with other major countries? 41 Implications of Mega-FTAs for China

If China does not join TPP – Will suffer from trade diversion in countries without China FTAs US, Japan Others – Will suffer from trade diversion due to ROOs even in countries with China FTAs Chile, Peru, members of ASEAN 45 Implications of Mega-FTAs for China: TPP

If China does not join TPP – Will not be subject to non-trade requirements of TPP State owned enterprises Labor Standards Environment – May not need to open trade as much as TPP requires 46 Implications of Mega-FTAs for China: TPP

If RCEP, including China, succeeds – Minimal trade creation/diversion, since China already has FTAs with ASEAN and some other RCEP members S Korea New Zealand – Largest effect will be FTA with Japan Some trade creation Reversal of prior trade diversion from Japan’s other FTAs, including TPP. 47 Implications of Mega-FTAs for China: RCEP

If RCEP, including China, succeeds – If it cumulates rules of origin, RCEP will reduce trade and investment diversion due to ROOs. Though initiated by ASEAN, RCEP will be viewed as a political triumph of China in building a China- centered economic bloc. 48 Implications of Mega-FTAs for China: RCEP