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One dimension of the current case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia concerns the dark side of globalization:  arbitrage by authoritarians to subvert constitutional and human rights protections. Abrego Garcia has been strategically disenfranchised through jurisdictional arbitrage implemented by physical transfer to El Salvador.  If he remained in the U.S., he

In mid-November 2024, four small trading states entered into an historic agreement.  Its purposes are stated as follows (Art. 1.1): * removing tariffs on environmental goods; * liberalising trade in environmental and environmentally related services; * disciplining and eliminating harmful fossil fuel subsidies in order to mitigate their adverse impact on the

9 March 2023 Establishing an Advisory Centre on International Investment Law: Key challenges ahead by Karl P. Sauvant* Over 130 countries (of which some 80 developing countries, including 18 least developed countries) have so far faced treaty-based international investment disputes (74 new disputes in 2021 alone), for a total of

Three reasons why a WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development is important by Karl P. Sauvant* After several years of preparatory discussions, negotiations on an Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement were formally launched in September 2020. They are open-ended plurilateral negotiations, but they aim at a multilaterally applied

The Fletcher School is seeking a professor of international economic law.  Posted here:  http://apply.interfolio.com/112725 Description The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a leading graduate school of international relations, seeks to fill a full-time faculty position in international economic law at the assistant professor level. The

The formidable Todd Tucker says that “The Green New Deal Has an International Law Problem.”  I don’t think that the “green” aspects of a GND--meaning carbon taxes or permits and border tax adjustments--would have much of a problem.  I’ll focus on the trade issues, and leave the investment

The American Journal of International Law is issuing a worldwide call for papers for an Agora symposium to be published in the October 2020 issue of the Journal. The topic – “The International Legal Order and the Global Pandemic” – recognizes that the present crisis raises foundational questions for the international legal

From the advertisement, hat tip to Debra Steger:  "The Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a tenure-track position as an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in International Economic Law commencing July 1, 2020. APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 30, 2019. International

In January, the Trump Administration attacked the use of special and differential treatment (SDT), by virtue of developing country status, by China, India, Brazil, and a number of other countries (not to mention Singapore, South Korea, and Israel).  The argument, focusing on China, is that China is the world’s