Peter Cowhey Quoted On the Trans-Pacific Partnership on thisweek@ucsandiego
Representatives from Around Pacific Region Attend Free Trade Negotiations at School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
02/05/2012
Christine Clark,
UC San Diego News
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade negotiations recently took place at UC San Diego‘s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS). At the meetings were representatives from countries in the Pacific region such as Vietnam, Brunei, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore.
“Through the TPP negotiations, we are trying to create a new ‘gold standard’ for the degree of access to foreign markets for U.S. exporters,” said Peter Cowhey, dean of the School for International Relations and Pacific Studies. “They cover everything from manufactured goods and services, such as cloud computing, to agriculture and intellectual property protection.”
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Peter Cowhey is Dean at IR/PS. He is also the Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Communications and Technology Policy. Dean Cowhey can provide commentary on U.S. trade policy, foreign policy, the future of communications and information technology markets and policy, the internet, biological threats, international corporate strategy, and the microfinance industry to alleviate poverty.
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