Afternoon Seminar: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Politics of U.S. Trade Policy

As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement concluded successfully, United States prepares itself for a battle about TPP ratification, just at a time when the race for the 2016 presidential election has accelerated. Is its passage in Congress secured? And now that the negotiations are done, how will U.S. post-TPP trade policy be shaped? What are the political sentiments that define policy – and will them make TTIP the central priority? Or is the U.S. considering other initiatives?