The deadline for submissions is fast approaching. Please submit your paper or abstract proposal by next Wednesday, March 1st. For details please see the call for papers here. About the conference: The Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration and Georgetown University’s Institute of International Economic Law

Details are here. Some highlights: * The deadline to apply is Wednesday 8 March. * You will not be alone. It says, "NUMBER OF POSTS: Up to 17" * Not that I am buying this, but it says, "For those working full-time, you will be expected to work a

This is from the CBC: The first Canadian troops will arrive in Latvia in June, kicking off a much-anticipated NATO deployment to restrain potential Russian ambitions in eastern Europe, Gen. Jonathan Vance said Friday. Roughly 450 Canadians will form the backbone and leadership of a multinational battle group that

This is from Inside US Trade: Trump administration officials this week defended the current methodologies applied to collect and present U.S. trade data and statistics, and dismissed as “completely inaccurate” a report by the Wall Street Journal that claimed U.S. agencies are considering changing those methodologies. Last week&

Texas A&M University School of Law, in cooperation with the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), present International Law Weekend—South: "The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development," March 2-

From Politico: America’s relationship with the World Trade Organization is about to get a lot more complicated. President-elect Donald Trump already has threatened to withdraw from the Geneva-based organization, but his selection of Robert Lighthizer to be the next U.S. Trade Representative last week increases the

As of Monday, when Russia filed an appeal in the DS479 dispute, there were seven ongoing WTO appeals. That will end soon, as the Appellate Body is scheduled to circulate its report in the Russia - Pigs case by February 23, but I'm going to declare here on this

In the process of moving to a new approach to international investment law and dispute settlement, India has elaborated a model BIT that differs significantly from older agreements.  It is much more balanced between investor interests and those of legitimate public policy.  The model BIT, for instance, contains a tightly-

The Future of Trade Defence Instruments: Global Policy Trends and Legal Challenges conference will take place in Brussels from March 30-31, 2017. It is jointly organized by the University of Passau, the Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, the Institute of European and International Economic Law & the World Trade Institute - University

From the WSJ: The Trump administration is considering changing the way it calculates U.S. trade deficits, a shift that would make the country’s trade gap appear larger than it had in past years, according to people involved in the discussions. The leading idea under consideration would exclude from