Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Its impact on India and other developing nations
On August 12, 2014, Harsha Singh (Senior Fellow at IISD and Senior Associate at ICTSD) was one of many speakers at a conference on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement: Its Impact on India and Developing Nations.
The day-long event, co-organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) was held at the Hotel Oberoi in New Delhi, India, and included sessions focused on the implications of TPP negotiations for India, the implications for likely standards and regulatory changes in India and the future challenges and way forward for India. Singh provided opening remarks for the session on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Negotiations: Implication for Likely Standards & Regulatory Changes in India and was a panelist on the TPP Negotiations: The Future Challenges and Way Forward for India session. This is a background paper written by Singh and distributed to attendees at the conference.
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