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 investment

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

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

In its speech relating to the decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump emphasized that “I cannot in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States...the world’s leader in environmental protection, while imposing no meaningful obligations on the world’s leading polluters”. While

This is from law prof Eric Posner: I’m told by someone who knows about these things that the Obama-era climate actions, combined with ongoing shifts in the U.S. energy sector, will ensure that the U.S. will reach its announced (voluntary) target under the Paris agreement, or