As underlined by Simon Lester in a previous post, the United States keeps raising the following question: how have we come to this point where the Appellate Body, a body established by Members to serve the Members, is disregarding the clear rules that were set by those same Members. The

This is a guest post from Gabriela Sánchez of the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá The International Arbitration system has been experiencing a growing and novel phenomenon that attempts to change the way we conceive it today: the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The use and impact of AI on

The conference is organised by the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) in collaboration with the International Law Forum and other sponsors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. SIEL’s Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network (PEPA/SIEL) is, among other

This is a guest post by Victor Crochet, an Associate at Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels, and Vineet Hegde, a PhD researcher in WTO Law at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies Professors Jennifer Hillman and Chad Bown are working on finding solutions to resolve the problem of Chinese

This is a guest post from law professor Jens Lehne: As readers of this blog are well aware, since 2017 the US has blocked all appointments to the WTO Appellate Body, which will lead to the incapacitation of the Appellate Body in December of this year, when the terms of

This is from the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU): The 12th edition of GIMC is scheduled to be held from February 12-16, 2020 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC) has, over the past decade, served as a unique platform for law students from around

This is from the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow: The Journal Committee at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National University, Lucknow, in collaboration with Centre for Trade and Investment Law, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is organising RMLNLU- CTIL Conference on International Trade Law (7th RMLNLU International Legal

This is a guest post from law professor David Trubek: The media are full of announcements of a “truce” in the China-US trade war. The deal that is being finalized may halt further escalation for a time, but it does nothing to resolve the deeper issues that lie behind the