This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah Free trade agreements (FTAs) use several rules of origin (ROO) - such as change in tariff category, value-added, and certain process requirements - to determine origin. ROO should have four characteristics:

This is a new paper from Graham Cook of the WTO: For those interested here is a new paper called "Confidentiality and Transparency in the WTO's Party-Centric Dispute Settlement System". The abstract: In the context of WTO dispute settlement proceedings, many of the decisions made

This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah A key part of Brexit negotiations was about the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The UK and Ireland are currently part of the EU single

The EU has filed a new consultations request in the DS549 dispute. This request includes claims under Section 7(3) of China's Accession Protocol, such as the following one: (1) The Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign

From the European Commission: The EU today requested formal consultations with the government of the Republic of Korea regarding the implementation of the sustainable development commitments under the EU-Korea trade agreement. The aim is to open a dedicated channel of communication to find an amicable and mutually satisfactory solution

From the WTO: GATT Disputes: 1948-1995 looks into the evolution of dispute settlement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947, which served as the foundation for the Dispute Settlement Understanding created by the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. The two volumes represent the first comprehensive effort

This is a guest post from professor and long-time GATT/WTO Secretariat lawyer Ernst-Ullrich Petersmann : ERNST-ULRICH PETERSMANN * European University Institute, Florence (Italy) 1. The US blocking of the filling of WTO Appellate Body (AB) vacancies, since spring 2017, on grounds not related to the personal qualifications of

Nicolas Lamp has a new paper out called, "How Should We Think about the Winners and Losers from Globalization? Three Narratives and their Implications for the Redesign of International Economic Agreements." This is from the intro: In the wake of Brexit and the widespread public opposition to new