Policy Forum

The Trans Pacific Partnership: Race to the Finish, or Long Slog Ahead?

September 20, 2013 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT

Hayek Auditorium

Featuring Jason Kearns, Chief Trade Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee (Democratic); Simon Lester, Trade Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; and Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law School; moderated by Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

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The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have just completed their 19th round, and there is talk now that they are nearing the “end game” and a deal might be reached by the end of the year. However, there are reportedly still many unresolved issues and a fair amount of work ahead. Is a 2013 completion date realistic? If not, when will the TPP countries reach agreement? And if they do, what will the U.S. Congress think about the deal? Please join us for a discussion of these and other issues related to the TPP.