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Call for Papers: E-commerce and its Linkages with Services and Investment

The Centre for WTO Studies, CRIT, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade will be hosting a conference from March 07-08, 2019 in New Delhi. The conference is aimed at discussing theoretical and empirical research on emerging areas in e-commerce and its linkages with services trade and investment. It intends

Yale Journal of International Law Online Symposium on "International Trade in the Trump Era"

The Yale Journal of International Law is hosting an online symposium on "International Trade in the Trump Era," featuring an introduction by Kathleen Claussen (University of Miami School of Law) and David Singh Grewal (Yale Law School) and essays by Rachel Brewster, Tim Meyer, Joel Trachtman, Greg Shaffer,

Book Launch on GATT Disputes

This is a great project from the WTO: The publication GATT Disputes: 1948-1995, published by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will be launched at the WTO Headquarters at 11:30 on Friday, 14 December 2018. Geneva, WTO Headquarters - Room D 14 DECEMBER 2018 In celebration of

The Sunset Clause and Written Confirmation by the "Head of Government"

Recall that para. 3 of the new NAFTA's sunset clause says: "each Party shall confirm, in writing, through its head of government, if it wishes to extend the term of this Agreement for another 16-year period." Over on Twitter, Joel points to another Congressional/Executive

The Sunset Clause and the Congressional/Executive Balance of Power

Recall that the sunset clause in the new NAFTA says, "each Party shall confirm, in writing, through its head of government, if it wishes to extend the term of this Agreement for another 16-year period." While the written confirmation comes from the "head of government,"

How Exactly Will the New NAFTA's Sunset Clause Work?

The final version of the sunset clause in the new NAFTA (USMCA) reads as follows: Article 34.7: Review and Term Extension 1. This Agreement shall terminate 16 years after the date of its entry into force, unless each Party confirms it wishes to continue this Agreement for a new

Guest Post: RIP NAALC: North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation

This is a guest post from University of Miami law prof Kathleen Claussen: The legal scrub of the labor chapter of the USMCA did not yield many changes since the publication of the draft text two months ago – a few “any”s became “a”s and a few “agree”s

Guest Post: International Commerce and World Wars: Vital Signs of the Current Malaise

This is a guest post by Joao Otavio Benevides Demasi, a Ph.D student at Maastricht University: This brief and incomplete essay is written in the broad intersection of WTO Law, World Diplomacy, Economic Policy, Analysis of the International Relations, Political Sciences, and History of International Economic Relations. For the

The Truce in Buenos Aires: Is This the Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning of the United States – China Trade Wars?

It might be fair to say that the worst did not happen. This weekend, both leaders of the United States and China agreed to put a “temporary truce” in the ever-escalating bilateral trade conflicts. In a nut shell, the current level (10%) of the U.S. retaliatory tariffs against

Guest Post: Critical analysis of the EU DSU Reform Proposal

This is a guest post by Prakhar Bhardwaj, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, New Delhi. All views expressed here are personal. The joint communication from the European Union and 11 other nations to be tabled in the General Council meeting scheduled for 12-13 December 2018