Faculty Fellow Gallagher Writes about Need for “Safeguards” in Trade Pacts

Pardee Faculty Fellow Kevin Gallagher recently wrote about important safeguards for developing countries that were included in a  leaked copy of the proposed investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Writing for the blog Triple Crisis; Global Perspectives on Finance, Development and Environment, Prof. Gallagher’s piece is titled “Tired of Waiting for a 21st Century Trade Agreement: Developing Countries, the TPP, and Regulating Cross Border Finance.” He argues that the TTP and other trade pacts should include provisions that allow developing countries the freedom to institute capital flow regulations as they deem appropriate with very limited restrictions.

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To read the Pardee Center Task Force Report on Regulating Global Capital Flows for Long-Run Development led by Prof. Gallagher click here.