The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a pending international trade agreement among 12 nations bordering the Pacific. Negotiations by-and-large have been secret. Successful completion of the TPP is a cornerstone of President Obama’s “pivot” to Asia. In November, 2013, a draft version of the TPP Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter was published by WikiLeaks, revealing controversial clauses that have elicited protest from numerous groups about several issues ranging from intellectual property, currency, the Internet, fair trade, human rights, and public health to the environment. Organizations such as the United States Chamber of Commerce enthusiastically support the TPP negotiations, but many groups and organizations see the agreement as unfair and even dangerous for some U.S. businesses. While the majority of reputable economists believe that free trade contributes to prosperity by creating jobs (maximizing comparative advantages), some believe that current US trade policy contributes to ever increasing income inequality in the United States. Hundreds of activist groups are protesting, demonstrating, and signing letters urging Congress to reject TPP. Their complaints include an under-mining of financial regulations, labor rights, public procurement, allowing corporate suit of foreign governments (‘investor-state’ provisions), restricting access to generic drugs, challenging food safety regulations, restricting Internet use, delaying action on climate change, and limiting exportation of oil, liquid natural gas, coal, and water. A Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act introduced in January 2014, designed to grant the President ‘fast track’ negotiating authority to speed international trade agreements through Congress was denied a hearing by the Senate Majority Leader and probably will never reach the Senate Floor. Without its passage, the President faces formidable obstacles to ratify the TPP, provided the twelve countries agree to a text. This webinar will bring together national and international experts to explain what has made the TPP so controversial, why it is important, and the obstacles it faces. They will suggest how businesses can best prepare for any changes the TPP could bring about. The current agenda to be addressed of the speakers will be: What is the TPP? Role of U.S. Domestic Policy Role of U.S. Foreign Policy Summary and Conclusions To view the webcast go to this link: http://youtu.be/0i50stMDNMw To learn more about the webcast please visit our website: http://theknowledgegroup.org/

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Founded in 1949, Baker & McKenzie advises many of the world’s most dynamic and
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8. Brief Speaker Bios:
Stephen P. Vaughn
Stephen Vaughn works primarily on international trade litigation and policy matters, with a specific focus on injury issues in the context
of antidumping and countervailing duty litigation. He has fourteen years of experience in complex trade litigation before the U.S.
International Trade Commission, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as
dispute settlement panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization. Mr. Vaughn also is
active in client representations regarding a number of trade policy matters, from enforcement of unfair trade laws to recent WTO
negotiations.
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Elliot J. Feldman
Elliot J. Feldman has been National Leader of BakerHostetler’s International Trade Practice for twelve years and is now Senior Partner
in the Washington, D.C. office. He represents foreign governments, international organizations, corporations, trade associations, and
individuals in international legal and trade disputes, and is recognized in Chambers and in Superlawyers as one of the world’s leading
practitioners, valued especially for strategic and innovative solutions to unusually complicated legal problems. He is principal author of
BakerHostetler’s Mergers & Acquisitions: A Practical Guide for Non-U.S. Buyers (Wolters Kluwer), published in English and Mandarin,
and author or coauthor of seven other books. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago (B.A.), M.I.T. (Ph.d.) and
Harvard Law School. Former director of Harvard’s University Consortium for Research on North America, he contributes frequently
now to the BakerHostetler blog on China-U.S. trade and trade policy (www.chinaustradelawblog.com).

9. Brief Speaker Bios:
Douglas B. Sanders
Mr. Sanders leads Baker & McKenzie’s U.S. environmental litigation practice and represents both domestic and non-U.S. corporations
before federal, state and administrative courts in environmental, class action, mass tort and product liability litigation, government
enforcement, permitting and criminal proceedings. Mr. Sanders advises multi-national and domestic corporations on environmental,
health and safety statutory requirements and legal risks with respect to bringing products to market in the United States and around
the world. He counsels companies with respect to compliance with CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, OSHA and state environmental and
product regulations and advises clients on environmental, health & safety and product regulatory risks in transactions.
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► For more information about the speakers, you can visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-fair-practices-live-webcast/

10. The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a pending international trade agreement among 12 nations bordering the Pacific. Negotiations by-and-large have been
secret. Successful completion of the TPP is a cornerstone of President Obama’s “pivot” to Asia.
In November, 2013, a draft version of the TPP Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter was published by WikiLeaks, revealing controversial clauses that have
elicited protest from numerous groups about several issues ranging from intellectual property, currency, the Internet, fair trade, human rights, and public health to
the environment. Organizations such as the United States Chamber of Commerce enthusiastically support the TPP negotiations, but many groups and
organizations see the agreement as unfair and even dangerous for some U.S. businesses.
While the majority of reputable economists believe that free trade contributes to prosperity by creating jobs (maximizing comparative advantages), some believe that
current US trade policy contributes to ever increasing income inequality in the United States. Hundreds of activist groups are protesting, demonstrating, and signing
letters urging Congress to reject TPP. Their complaints include an under-mining of financial regulations, labor rights, public procurement, allowing corporate suit of
foreign governments (‘investor-state’ provisions), restricting access to generic drugs, challenging food safety regulations, restricting Internet use, delaying action on
climate change, and limiting exportation of oil, liquid natural gas, coal, and water.
A Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act introduced in January 2014, designed to grant the President ‘fast track’ negotiating authority to speed international
trade agreements through Congress was denied a hearing by the Senate Majority Leader and probably will never reach the Senate Floor. Without its passage, the
President faces formidable obstacles to ratify the TPP, provided the twelve countries agree to a text.
This webinar will bring together national and international experts to explain what has made the TPP so controversial, why it is important, and the obstacles it
faces. They will suggest how businesses can best prepare for any changes the TPP could bring about. The current agenda to be addressed of the speakers will be:
• What is the TPP?
• Role of U.S. Domestic Policy
• Role of U.S. Foreign Policy
• Summary and Conclusions
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11. Featured Speakers:
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps
Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

12. Introduction
Stephen Vaughn works primarily on international trade litigation and policy matters, with a specific focus on injury issues in
the context of antidumping and countervailing duty litigation. He has fourteen years of experience in complex trade litigation
before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, as well as dispute settlement panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World
Trade Organization. Mr. Vaughn also is active in client representations regarding a number of trade policy matters, from
enforcement of unfair trade laws to recent WTO negotiations.
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

13. Introduction
Elliot J. Feldman has been National Leader of BakerHostetler’s International Trade Practice for twelve years and is now
Senior Partner in the Washington, D.C. office. He represents foreign governments, international organizations,
corporations, trade associations, and individuals in international legal and trade disputes, and is recognized in Chambers
and in Superlawyers as one of the world’s leading practitioners, valued especially for strategic and innovative solutions to
unusually complicated legal problems.
He is principal author of BakerHostetler’s Mergers & Acquisitions: A Practical Guide for Non-U.S. Buyers (Wolters
Kluwer), published in English and Mandarin, and author or coauthor of seven other books. He graduated with honors from
the University of Chicago (B.A.), M.I.T. (Ph.d.) and Harvard Law School. Former director of Harvard’s University
Consortium for Research on North America, he contributes frequently now to the BakerHostetler blog on China-U.S. trade
and trade policy (www.chinaustradelawblog.com).
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

14. Introduction
Mr. Sanders leads Baker & McKenzie’s U.S. environmental litigation practice and represents both domestic and non-U.S.
corporations before federal, state and administrative courts in environmental, class action, mass tort and product liability
litigation, government enforcement, permitting and criminal proceedings. Mr. Sanders advises multi-national and domestic
corporations on environmental, health and safety statutory requirements and legal risks with respect to bringing products to
market in the United States and around the world. He counsels companies with respect to compliance with CERCLA,
RCRA, TSCA, OSHA and state environmental and product regulations and advises clients on environmental, health &
safety and product regulatory risks in transactions.
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

15. Overview
• What is the TPP?
• Role of U.S. Domestic Policy
• Role of U.S. Foreign Policy
• Summary and Conclusions
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps
Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

16. What is the TPP?
• A U.S. response to disappointing results from prior trade agreements
• A strategic U.S. response to developments in Asia
• An American attempt to revise global environmental issues
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

17. U.S. Current Account Deficit Since 1993
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

18. U.S. Trade Balance In Goods with Canada and Mexico Since 1993
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

19. U.S. Trade In Goods with China Since 1993
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

20. The TPP Could Have a Major Impact on Global Trade
• The negotiating parties are responsible for roughly 40 percent of world GDP and 26 percent of world
trade
• Other countries, such as South Korea and Taiwan, have expressed interest in joining
• Would affect U.S.-China relations
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

21. A Model for Future Agreements?
“The Trans-Pacific Partnership is perhaps the most ambitious trade negotiation underway in the world. It
will break new ground on important issues . . . Our goal is for high standards for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership to enter the bloodstream of the global system and improve the rules and norms.”
-- Vice President Joseph P. Biden (April 5, 2013)
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

22. The TPP As A Strategic Response
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP
“The centerpiece of the economic rebalancing is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the
most important trade deal under negotiation today …
The TPP’s most important aims, however, are strategic. A deal would solidify U.S.
leadership in Asia.”
Tom Donilon
National Security Adviser to President Obama, 2010-13
Washington Post, April 21, 2014

23. U.S. Strategic Purpose
• Post-Iraq and Afghanistan
• Responding to smaller Asian partners: Genesis of the TPP
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

31. U.S. Strategic Purpose
• Containing China
• Engaging China
• China v. Vietnam: The Paradox
• Balancing And Rebalancing, Economics And Security: Japan, South Korea, China
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

32. U.S. Greening Global Trade Agreements
A VALUES-DRIVEN TRADE POLICY
REMARKS BY U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
MICHAEL FROMAN AT THE CENTER FOR
AMERICAN PROGRESS,
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
“But more than that, they will level the playing field by
raising labor and environmental standards, putting
disciplines on state-owned enterprises and dealing
ourselves into global supply chains, rather than being
left on the sidelines by others.”

33. “Values-Driven Trade Policy”
• What does that mean in the environmental context?
• Future global economy should be more sustainable than it is today (WTO environmental goods
efforts)
• U.S. taking lead to advance the agenda in the WTO, TPP and T-TIP; driving higher
environmental standards
• Insisting that environmental commitments be on “equal footing” with commercial obligations
• Commitments to effectively enforce environmental laws, including laws implementing multilateral
environmental agreements (MEAs)
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

34. How has the US done it before?
• NAFTA
• Major step forward in recognizing environmental issues in context of free trade agreement.
• Resulted in side agreement addressing environmental issues and establishing a permanent
body to focus on environmental issues.
• Created a forum for citizen petition process and “teeth” in state v. state dispute mechanism that
could result in trade sanctions.
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

35. NAFTA - Environmental Success?
• Mixed results
• Collaborative projects in some areas
• CEC has not historically worked with FTC to advance environmental agenda in conjunction with
trade policies.
• Citizen submission and factual record development –slow and limited effectiveness, but
increased transparency and may have driven improvements.
• State-to-state consultation and dispute resolution – not a factor.
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

36. What next? 2007 Bipartisan Trade Deal
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Incorporate specific list of MEAs
• Alter non-derogation obligation for
environmental laws from a “strive to” to
a “shall” obligation
• Enforce environmental obligations on
the same basis as the commercial
provisions of our agreements – same
remedies, procedures, and sanctions

37. How does TPP fit in?
Again, from Mr. Froman:
“TPP is a chance to reach a new, higher plane.”
• Includes countries in a region of the world that
has significant natural resources, centers of
biodiversity, and important marine ecosystems.
• Key issues in a number of MEAs.
• Keep promises in 2007 deal?
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

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Role of U.S. Domestic Policy

42. Domestic Policy And Politics
Interaction of Domestic And Foreign Affairs
Traditional Foreign Affairs
•Traditional national security pressures
•Insecurity of Asian partners
•Renewal of Japanese nationalism
Domestic Pressures
•Cancellation of Presidential Trip: Government Shutdown
•Moving Japan to Center Stage for TPP
•Politics of trade: Interest groups (unions, environmental groups v. U.S. Chamber of Commerce, financial
institutions), partisanship
•Secrecy
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

43. Domestic Policy And Politics
TPA and Priorities
•TPA
• What It Is And Why
• Why It Should Come First
• Presidential Failure
• Congressional Opposition: Democratic Leadership
• Republican Opposition
• Strategy Relating TPA to TPP
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

44. Evolving Political Strategy
• Market Access In Japan
• Replacing NAFTA
• Extending American IP
• Investor-State Arbitration
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

45. TPP Negotiations Cover More than “Trade”
• Plan is to go beyond WTO and FTA’s
• TPP would cover a broad range of regulatory and legal issues
• Negotiations involve 29 different chapters
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

46. Examples of Issues Presented by TPP Negotiations
• Market Access
• Labor Standards
• Environmental Obligations
• Access to Medicines
• Currency Manipulation
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps
• Food Safety
• Dispute Settlement
• State-Owned Enterprises
• Tobacco Controls
• Cross-Border Data Flows

47. Some Key Supporters of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
• Obama Administration
• Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee
• Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Business Roundtable
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

48. Excerpt of Letter Opposing TPA Signed by 151 House Democrats (Nov. 2013)
“In light of the broad scope of today’s trade agreements, it is even more vital that Congress have a
fulsome role in shaping these pacts’ terms. Given our concerns, we will oppose ‘Fast Track’ Trade
Promotion Authority or any other mechanism delegating Congress’ constitutional authority over
trade policy that continues to exclude us from having a meaningful role in the formative stages of trade
agreements and throughout negotiating and approval processes.”
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

49. Excerpt of Letter Opposing TPA Signed by 22 House Republicans (Nov. 2013)
“Article I-8 of the Constitution gives Congress exclusive authority to set the terms of trade. Meanwhile,
the executive branch has constitutional authority to negotiate with foreign sovereigns on behalf of our
nation. The Founders established this clear check and balance to prevent the president from
unilaterally negotiating with foreign nations and imposing trade policies that Congress would deem to
be against the national interest.”
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

50. Factors Complicating TPA Approval
• Divided Congress
• Changes at Senate Finance Committee
• Concerns about relationship between globalization and inequality
• 2014 elections
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

51. TPP Environmental Chapter
•On January 15, 2014, Wikileaks releases “Secret TPP treaty:
Environmental Chapter for all 12 nations”
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-enviro/
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

52. How does TPP stack up with US commitments?
• Three key areas:
• Setting levels of protection and enforcing and improving environmental laws
• Meeting obligations in multilateral environmental agreements
• Treating environmental obligations the same as trade and commercial ones.
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

53. Setting environmental levels of protection
Peru bilateral agreement –
Each Party shall strive to ensure that those
laws and policies provide for and
encourage high levels of environmental
protection and shall strive to continue to
improve its respective levels of
environmental protection.
Article 18.1
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
TPP –
Each Party shall strive to ensure that its environmental
laws and policies provide for and encourage high levels
of environmental protection and shall strive to continue
to improve its respective levels of environmental
protection.
Article SS.3.3

54. Enforcing environmental laws
Peru bilateral agreement –
A Party shall not fail to effectively enforce its
environmental laws, and its laws, regulations
and other measures to fulfill its obligations
under the covered agreements, through a
sustained or recurring course of action or
inaction, in a manner affecting trade or
investment between the Parties.
Article 18.3
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
TPP –
No Party shall fail to effectively enforce its
environmental laws through a sustained or recurring
course of action or inaction in a manner affecting trade
or investment between the Parties.
Article SS.4.4

55. Committing to MEAs
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Peru bilateral agreement –
A Party shall adopt, maintain, and
implement laws, regulations, and all other
measures to fulfill its obligations under the
multilateral environmental agreements listed
in Annex 18.2 (“covered agreements”).
Article 18.2.
TPP –
The Parties recognize that environmental agreements
to which they are a party play an important role globally
and domestically in protecting the environment and that
their respective implementation of these agreements is
critical to achieving the environmental objectives of
these agreements. Accordingly, each Party affirms its
commitment to implement the [MEAs] to which it is a
party.
Article SS.4.1

56. Consultation/Dispute Provisions
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Peru bilateral agreement –
Parties must consult and failing resolution
can bring the matter to the Council for
further assistance or consultation. Parties
also have the right to invoke the general
Consultation and Dispute Settlement
Provisions of the agreement, which include
trade sanctions.
Article 18.12
TPP –
Parties must consult in multi-layer process. If the
parties fail to resolve the matter at the highest level,
then an arbitral tribunal may be requested “under this
Chapter.” The tribunal has the power to hear the
dispute and issue a report to resolve the matter.
Article SS.12.

57. Response
• Environmentalists decry weakening of US commitments, in particular:
• MEAs
• Dispute resolution
• Conservation and Trade
• Fisheries
• More than 100 members of Congress joined in a letter condemning the negotiated draft, raising
concerns about unequal enforcement of laws, conservation, illegal trade and marine fisheries
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

58. Role of U.S. Foreign Policy
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59. Is the US alone on the environment?
• Report from the Chairs:
– Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico,
New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam
oppose inclusion of language adopting MEAs
– Same parties (all but Malaysia) oppose US position
to make environmental chapter disputes subject to
same tribunal as other TPP obligations.
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Again thanks to Wikileaks:
http://wikileaks.org/tpp-enviro-
chairsreport/

60. Relationship Between TPP and Other Trade Agreements
• U.S.-Korea FTA
• NAFTA
• WTO Doha Round
• Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

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International Security Issues
• Priorities
• Alliance With Japan
• Cooperation on North Korea
• East And South China Seas
• With Or Without Japan; With Or Without South Korea; With
Or Without China
Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

62. International Security Issues
• Priorities
• Alliance With Japan
• Cooperation on North Korea
• East And South China Seas
• With Or Without Japan; With
Or Without South Korea; With
Or Without China
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

63. Tensions And Risks
• Between Economics And Security
• Between China And The Region
• Between China And The United States:
“The United States must continue to seek constructive relations with China.”
(Tom Donilon)
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

64. Summary and Conclusions
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65. Can a weak environmental chapter tank TPP?
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Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
• USTR’s response to the leaked
provisions was that there would not
be a TPP without “a robust fully
enforceable environmental
chapter.”

66. Domestic Opposition to TPA Could Be Overcome
• Broad bi-partisan support for TPA
• Potential for deal-making with opponents
• Presidents can always play the foreign policy card
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps

67. The Process
The Obama Administration Process
Press Japan On Agriculture and Automobiles
 Persuade Other Countries To Make Deal Based On Japan’s Concessions  Present Deal To
Congress Without Debate  Ask For TPA For TPP Only  Complete TTIP, Based On TPP  Ask
Congress Again For Limited TPA After Presenting Deal
The Process Historically:
Obtain TPA From Congress  Negotiate International Agreement  Submit To Congress For Up
Or Down Vote
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

68. Conclusion
• Must Have TPP Done In Order To Persuade Congress To Grant TPA
• Must Have TPA In Order To Pass TPP
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Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

69. ► You may ask a question at anytime throughout the presentation today. Simply click on the question mark icon located on the floating tool bar on the bottom right side of your screen. Type
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Stephen P. Vaughn
Counsel
Skadden Arps
Elliot J. Feldman
Senior Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Douglas B. Sanders
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

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