Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: CETA, TTIP, and TiSA New Orientations for EU External Economic Relations International Economic Law Series

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP), and the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) between the EU and 22 other States have sparked a great deal of academic and public interest. This edited collection brings together leading experts in the field of international economic law to address the legal complexities of these treaties and provide an explanation of their core principles. In the first two chapters, this book examines changing conceptions of international economic law and the main motivations for negotiating mega-regional agreements. In nine further contributions, international experts examine sectoral issues such as the trade, investment, and dispute settlement procedures envisaged in these 'mega-regional' agreements. The book goes on to consider the progress made in intellectual property protection, the problems associated with data protection, human rights, labour, and environmental standards, issues of transparency and legitimacy, and the relationship between CETA, TTIP, and TiSA on the one hand and EU law on the other. It concludes with four chapters that discuss globalization and other fundamental questions surrounding these mega-regional agreements from economic, political science, and legal perspectives.

Stefan Griller was appointed Professor for Public Law with special regard to European Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 1991. Since 2008 he has been President of ECSA Austria. At the University of Salzburg, he has been Vice President of the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies - SCEUS since 2011, and since 2013 holds the chair for EU Law at the University of Salzburg. Walter Obwexer was appointed full professor for EU Law, Public International Law, and International Relations at the University of Innsbruck in 2012. Apart from his university functions, since the 1990s Walter Obwexer has served as a legal counsel of government institutions in Austria. Erich Vranes is professor of international law, European law, public law and international economic law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien). His research focuses on international economic law, fundamental issues of international law, European Law, EU external economic relations, and legal theory. Erich Vranes has studied law at the Universities of Graz, Lausanne, and Geneva.