Editorial: The Constitutional Frontiers of International Economic Law

摘要

For the past few years, much attention in international economic law has focused on the negotiation of so-called 'mega-regionals' - agreements, often involving multiple parties with major economic and geopolitical importance -and the changes they would bring to global economic governance. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), perhaps even the Canada-EU Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), are the prime examples of this type of agreement. Yet, with the US presidential elections, the announcement of Donald Trump to pull out of TPP as first order of business, and the likely halt of TTIP negotiations, the prospect of pushing global economic governance forward through mega-regionals has received a major jolt.