September 18, 2015 1:02PM 

# Aiming to Set New Global Trade Rules 

By [Daniel J. Ikenson](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-j-ikenson) 

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[Today’s essay](https://www.cato.org/publications/cato-online-forum/ttip-aims-set-new-global-trade-rules-much-depends-how-others-respond) for Cato’s [Online Forum](https://www.cato.org/economics-geopolitics-architecture-ttip-cato-online-forum) on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership comes from Berkeley Political Science Professor Vinod K. Aggarwal, who explains the growing popularity of trade liberalization outside the WTO, and discusses how third countries might react to a TTIP agreement between the United States and European Union.

This essay and this forum are associated with an upcoming [TTIP conference](https://www.cato.org/events/will-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership-live-its-promise) at Cato on October 12.

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