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How To Draft a Panel Appointment Provision

This is from the newly signed Australia - Indonesia CEPA: ... 3. Within five days of the date of the receipt of a request under Article 20.7, the Parties shall enter into consultations with a view to reaching agreement on the procedures for composing the panel, taking into account the factual,

"Forced" technology transfer

Technology transfer has been one of the major issues in the US-China trade frictions and perhaps a general concern of developed economies. The main complaint has centred on China's "forcing" technology transfer from foreign companies to their Chinese local partners as part of China'

The Development Debate in the WTO

"Development" has become another hotly-debated topic in the WTO these days. On Jan 15, the US tabled its communication "An undifferentiated WTO: self-declared development status risks institutional irrelevance", which Simon blogged about earlier. A month later, China, along with several other countries, tabled its

Internationally Agreed Unilateralism

One of the big issues in the U.S.-China trade talks is how to enforce any resulting agreement. The traditional enforcement mechanism in trade agreements is to have a neutral adjudication process, and if a violation is found, the complaining government can get authorization to impose tariffs (in order

The Appellate Body Crisis: What Needs To Happen Now?

This is from the U.S. statement at the February 25 DSB meeting: • We also note that at least one Member has said that the United States should table its own proposal. The United States has made its views on these issues very clear: if WTO Members say that we

Guest Post: Consent and Coercion in Trump’s Trade Policy

This is from law professor Frank Garcia: The current U.S. Administration has made coercing our trade partners and allies a signature of its approach to our transnational economic relationships. No one denies the need for trade to be a mutually beneficial bargain, since that is in fact what trade

Responding to "Social Dumping" with Tariffs

This is from a recent paper by Greg Shaffer: (i) Protection against social dumping. Claims of unfair trade proliferated following the election of Donald Trump. The underlying problem from a social policy perspective, however, is not “unfair trade” as viewed through the traditional WTO lens of product dumping because antidumping

TPP Roster of Panel Chairs

From Australia DFAT: Expressions of Interest: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Roster of Panel Chairs The Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to be considered for nomination to the roster of panel chairs pursuant to the dispute settlement chapter of the

Call for papers ESIL-sponsored conference on Actors in International Investment Law Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators

The University Paris II Panthéon-Assas is hosting, in the context of the Investment Law Initiative, a Colloquium on ‘Actors in International Investment Law: Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators’, which will take place on 26 and 27 September 2019, in Paris, France. This year’s Colloquium focuses on actors in

Oxford International Organizations - Call for Contributors

From Geraldo Vidigal: We are looking for international law experts to contribute to #OxfordInternationalOrganizations in the field of International Economic Law, including international trade law, international investment law, international financial law and international tax law. Contributions consist of concise expert commentary on a document of relevance for an international organization