Simon Lester

This is from the Georgetown Journal of International Law: The Georgetown Journal of International Law (GJIL) is accepting article submissions on topics broadly related to international trade law for its annual trade issue (Issue 52.3). Deadline for submission is February 15th, 2021. GJIL accepts submissions of manuscripts for publication

The SIEL sends along the following: 4th SIEL Conversation International Dispute Settlement in the Pandemic In 2020, international dispute settlement has adapted to travel restrictions, lockdowns and remote work – conditions which may last through 2021 or longer. ICSID, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the WTO and other arbitral institutions have

This is from a statement by a number of WTO Members at the September 28 DSB meeting: As we have seen, the WTO dispute settlement system is not immune to the impacts of COVID-19. It is encouraging that, since July, delegates have been able to resume DSB meetings at the

Christian Riffel of the University of Canterbury writes to say that he is looking for a PhD student in the areas of international trade law/international investment law/international IP law. The full description of the PhD scholarship is here. The deadline is December 1. New Zealand seems like a

Burcu Kilic of Public Citizen, along with some of her colleagues, had an op-ed this week in The Guardian, in which they argued the following: But who will get the coronavirus vaccines and when? There are two big problems: whether they will be affordable, and whether there will be enough

Last year, the U.S. and Japan signed a trade agreement that lowers tariffs on a small number of goods. Ever since it was signed, people have been wondering how this agreement is consistent with GATT Article XXIV, which in paragraph 8(b) says that "substantially all the trade&