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The International Trade Commission’s Assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Main Findings and Implications

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In May of 2016 the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its assessment of the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This paper highlights the main findings of the ITC report and explains their derivation and implications. It also examines several issues that were explicitly excluded from analysis in the ITC report.

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  • Dean Baker, 2016. "The International Trade Commission’s Assessment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Main Findings and Implications," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2016-20, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
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    1. Luca Salvatici & Silvia Nenci, 2017. "New features, forgotten costs and counterfactual gains of the international trading system," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 44(4), pages 592-633.

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    • F - International Economics
    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General

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