The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore is pleased to announce a call for papers for a workshop, entitled “International Investment Treaties and National Governance”, which shall take place on 16 -17 November 2017 in Singapore. Please submit a 1-page abstract (no more than 500 words)

This is from a Q & A with Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): We have seen some anti-investment arbitration sentiment in the global press; what are the main misconceptions about ISDS? There are a number of fundamental misconceptions. For example, there is

From the comments on another post, here's something from David Gantz: Am I missing something with the announcement that Ford will build a new plant in China to build the next generation small car (Focus)? I believe that this was the plant that Ford originally planned for Mexico,

Victoria University of Wellington's School of Law is looking to hire an additional Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Trade Law.  The job posting can be found here under Reference No. 1643. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/about/careers/current-vacancies

The panel report is now available. I'll put it on WorldTradeLaw.net soon, but for now you can read it here. This is from the conclusion: 594. The United States has proven that at eight worksites and with respect to 74 workers Guatemala failed to effectively enforce its

In my last post, I cited a Politico article which suggests that ISDS/investment protection will be removed from the Japan - EU free trade agreement (JEFTA) that is currently under negotiation.  But now I see that Greenpeace has leaked some of the JEFTA text, which shows that it has

To follow up on Anthea's post from last week, there is another fundamental question about ISDS/investment protection: If it is going to exist, in one form or another, where exactly does it belong? Should it be part of the trade regime? Or should there be a separate

Article 1708.14 of NAFTA says: Each Party shall refuse to register trademarks that consist of or comprise immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter, or matter that may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs or any Party's national symbols, or bring them

The investor-state arbitration landscape is shifting under our feet. The utility and legitimacy of traditional investor-state arbitration have come under fire, but states have not converged on a viable alternative. In simplified terms, three main camps are developing, which I call the “loyalist,” “reformist,” and “revolutionary” camps. The vast majority

In its early years, NAFTA Chapter 20 state to state dispute settlement functioned as expected.  There were complaints, a couple panels were set up, they issued reports, and compliance was sometimes achieved.  However, as I understand it (and I confess I'm fuzzy on the details), in a case