The MegaReg project discussed the future of regulatory alignment on a megaregional scale (‘mega-regulation’) after TPP in a workshop in Tokyo, organized in cooperation with David Malone (United Nations University) and Atsushi Sunami of the National Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Agenda:
Welcome: Atsushi Sunami & David Malone
Session 1: Contested Megaregulation
Chair: Atsushi Sunami
Megaregionalism, Regulatory Alignment, Shortcomings, and Discontents
Benedict Kingsbury
TPP, Donald Trump, and After: a Subaltern Perspective
B.S. Chimni
Expertise and Populism
Annelise Riles
Session 2: National Interests and Regulatory Reform
Chair: David Malone
TPP and National Regulatory Reform in Japan
Atsushi Sunami, Kenichi Kawasaki, Michael Huang, Ikeda Yoko
Regulatory Coherence/ Administrative Law as Instruments of Influence
Paul Mertenskötter
Lunch Speech by Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura (Member, House of Representatives)
Session 3: TPP’s Institutions & Dispute Settlement
Chair: Annaelise Riles
Institutions
Rob Howse
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Chin Leng Lim
Session 4: GVCs, the Digital Economy, and Development
Chair: Rob Howse
Trade Facilitation
Antonia Eliason
Digital Economy
Thomas Streinz
Session 5: Economic Effects and Exchange Rate Regulation
Chair: Michelle Sanchez Badin
Effects on SMEs
Dan Ciuriak
Exchange Rate Regulation
Naoyuki Yoshino/ Matthias Helble
Session 6: Third Parties
Chair: Antonia Eliason
Third Party Effects of Megaregionals
Rochelle Dreyfuss
Thailand and Public Health
Kiyoshi Adachi
Indonesia
Joseph Koesnaidi
Session 7: Latin American Perspectives
Chair: Rochelle Dreyfuss
Brazil
Fabio Morosini & Michelle Sanchez Badin
Regional Integration
Rodrigo Polanco
Chile, Peru, Mexico
Julia Muir
Conclusion
Benedict Kingsbury, Atsushi Sunami, David Malone
