Andrew Lang

A few weeks ago, Simon marked the anniversary of the controversial Canada-FIT decision, here.  His helpful post – which recalled an interesting discussion we had on this at the 2014 BIICL WTO conference – prompts me now to reflect a little further on why I have always found a lot more to

Those readers who find themselves in or near London on Monday November 24 may find this event at the LSE of interest: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: implications for multilateral economic integration The EU's Chief Negotiator for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and a prominent former

Simon has noted on the blog before the increasing interest in including an Article XX-type exception in investment agreements, as a way of helping to resolve some of the regulatory issues raised by, eg, the FET and expropriation obligations. Indeed, many of you will have seen that Article XX is

A few quick comments on the run about the Seals panel decision, focussing only on the non-discrimination claims for now: -       As to the TBT 2.1 claim, and specifically the IC exception, it’s worth noting that, despite the result, the Europeans got most of what they argued for

For those who don't receive these things via the normal channels, it might be helpful to circulate this announcement of an additional post in International Economic Law via this blog. With thanks to Simon for the service - http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ABZ348/lectureships-in-law/ Lectureships in

The Society of International Economic Law has just released the first fruits of a trial project it is running, translating Spanish language material related to international economic law into English. The first project has been to translate the first decision of the MERCOSUR Permanent Tribunal for Review (No1/2005), on