The Sir John Monash Lecture (01/2016)

31 March 2015

Venue: Auditorium 1
Time: 6pm

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Winners and Losers

This lecture will consider the nature of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). It is generally agreed that the gains from increased trade are very modest. Most of the purported benefits will come from so-called ‘non-trade measures’ including financial services liberalisation, strengthened intellectual property rights and the notorious investor-state dispute settlement provisions. The TPPA also constitutes a major blow to trade multilateralism, ASEAN commitments and developing country solidarity at a time of likely protracted economic stagnation.

Speaker

Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Dr Jomo was an Assistant Secretary-General working on economic development in the United Nations system during 2005 - 2015. During 2008-2009, Dr Jomo served as adviser to the President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly, and as a member of the (Stiglitz) Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.

Dr Jomo was a Professor in the Applied Economics Department in University of Malaya. He has received several honours and awards for his work including the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

To attend, please register by 28 March 2016.

For enquiries, kindly e-mail mohamed.ismail@monash.edu or call +603-5514 4970.