- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The Essence, Significance, and Problems of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 2 The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Megaregulation
- 3 The Uncertain Geo-Strategic Outlook for the US in Asia: The Pivot, the Re-Balance, TPP, and Now What?
- 4 TPP and China: A Tale of Two Economic Orderings?
- 5 The Politics of Expertise in Transnational Economic Governance: Breaking the Cycle
- 6 Power and Inequality in Megaregulation: The TPP Model
- 7 The Lessons of TPP and the Future of Labor Chapters in Trade Agreements
- 8 TPP and Environmental Regulation
- 9 Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation in TPP: The Missing Development Agenda
- 10 In a World of Value Chains: What Space for Regulatory Coherence and Cooperation in Trade Agreements?
- 11 The Regulation of Firms in Globally Intertwined Markets: The Case of Payment Systems
- 12 TPP’s Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs
- 13 Sales, Sourcing, or Regulation?
- 14 Digital Megaregulation Uncontested? TPP’s Model for the Global Digital Economy
- 15 Harmonization: Top Down, Bottom Up—and Now Sideways?
- 16 Thailand and Public Health: Looking Beyond the Intellectual Property Chapter of TPP
- 17 Remote Control: TPP’s Administrative Law Requirements as Megaregulation
- 18 Choices and Consequences: Internationalizing Competition Policy After TPP
- 19 How Ready Is Indonesia to Open Government Procurement à la TPP?
- 20 Japan: Leveraging National Regulatory Reform and the Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements
- 21 Regulating Regulation: Impact Assessment and Trade
- 22 Trade and Exchange Rates: The Joint Declaration of the Macroeconomic Policy Authorities of TPP Countries
- 23 The Institutions of TPP11: Back to the Future?
- 24 State-to-State Dispute Settlement in Megaregionals
- 25 Finding a Workable Balance Between Investor Protection and the Public Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 26 Japan: Interest Group Politics, Foreign Policy Linkages, and TPP
- 27 Structuring Participation: Public Comments and the Dynamics of US Trade Negotiations
- 28 After TPP Is Before TPP: Mexican Politics for Economic Globalization and the Lost Chance for Reflection
- 29 Regional and Preferential Agreements: The ‘Pacific’ and ‘Atlantic’ Styles in Latin America
- 30 Brazil in the Shadow of Megaregional Trade and Investment Standards: Beyond the Grand Debate, Pragmatic Responses
- 31 TPP and India: Inspirations for Sequenced Reforms
- Index
TPP’s Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs
TPP’s Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs
- Chapter:
- (p.269) 12 TPP’s Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs
- Source:
- Megaregulation Contested
- Author(s):
Dan Ciuriak
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Megaregulation promises a seamless operating environment to facilitate international engagement by firms large and small. However, it also entails fixed costs of access to preferential trade windows, trade facilitation mechanisms, and consultative mechanisms, which weigh more heavily on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than on larger competitors, and features other asymmetries that play to the advantage of the already large, established firms. This chapter takes up the question of whether pro-SME measures built into megaregional agreements can effectively offset these biases and promote conditions of competition both internationally and domestically that enhance business dynamism or whether it reinforces observed trends toward greater concentration and waning business dynamism.
Keywords: small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, multinational corporations, heterogeneous firms, competition, preferential trade agreements, TPP, trade facilitation, authorized economic operators, trade
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: The Essence, Significance, and Problems of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 2 The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Megaregulation
- 3 The Uncertain Geo-Strategic Outlook for the US in Asia: The Pivot, the Re-Balance, TPP, and Now What?
- 4 TPP and China: A Tale of Two Economic Orderings?
- 5 The Politics of Expertise in Transnational Economic Governance: Breaking the Cycle
- 6 Power and Inequality in Megaregulation: The TPP Model
- 7 The Lessons of TPP and the Future of Labor Chapters in Trade Agreements
- 8 TPP and Environmental Regulation
- 9 Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation in TPP: The Missing Development Agenda
- 10 In a World of Value Chains: What Space for Regulatory Coherence and Cooperation in Trade Agreements?
- 11 The Regulation of Firms in Globally Intertwined Markets: The Case of Payment Systems
- 12 TPP’s Business Asymmetries: Megaregulation and the Conditions of Competition Between MNCs and SMEs
- 13 Sales, Sourcing, or Regulation?
- 14 Digital Megaregulation Uncontested? TPP’s Model for the Global Digital Economy
- 15 Harmonization: Top Down, Bottom Up—and Now Sideways?
- 16 Thailand and Public Health: Looking Beyond the Intellectual Property Chapter of TPP
- 17 Remote Control: TPP’s Administrative Law Requirements as Megaregulation
- 18 Choices and Consequences: Internationalizing Competition Policy After TPP
- 19 How Ready Is Indonesia to Open Government Procurement à la TPP?
- 20 Japan: Leveraging National Regulatory Reform and the Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements
- 21 Regulating Regulation: Impact Assessment and Trade
- 22 Trade and Exchange Rates: The Joint Declaration of the Macroeconomic Policy Authorities of TPP Countries
- 23 The Institutions of TPP11: Back to the Future?
- 24 State-to-State Dispute Settlement in Megaregionals
- 25 Finding a Workable Balance Between Investor Protection and the Public Interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 26 Japan: Interest Group Politics, Foreign Policy Linkages, and TPP
- 27 Structuring Participation: Public Comments and the Dynamics of US Trade Negotiations
- 28 After TPP Is Before TPP: Mexican Politics for Economic Globalization and the Lost Chance for Reflection
- 29 Regional and Preferential Agreements: The ‘Pacific’ and ‘Atlantic’ Styles in Latin America
- 30 Brazil in the Shadow of Megaregional Trade and Investment Standards: Beyond the Grand Debate, Pragmatic Responses
- 31 TPP and India: Inspirations for Sequenced Reforms
- Index
