Here's more from that Commission document mentioned in the last post: In order to discourage 'long shot' and frivolous claims by investors, the EU has agreed provisions to enable tribunals to dismiss such claims quickly and also to require that all litigation costs are borne by

From a document just released by the European Commission, entitled "A new start for investment and investment protection": 4. What is the EU doing to improve investment protection rules? The Commission’s aim is to bring improvements on two fronts (1) to clarify and improve investment protection rules

A story from Reuters http://reut.rs/1a0As7m has been circulating in the last hours that the blame for the collapse of the WTO talks is almost entirely India's. The theory is that the "electioneering" of the Indian government has led it to reject the peace

Here is the entirety of the WTO Seal Products panel's GATT Article III:4 analysis: 7.4.3.2 Analysis by the Panel 7.604. Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 provides that: The products of the territory of any Member imported into the territory of any

The panel report on the seal case is out. http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/400_401r_e.htm  Obviously, there is a lot to digest there. Let me raise just one issue. The panel ruled that the EC Seal Regime was justifiable (necessary) under TBT Article

I am inclined to the view that failure at Bali may be just what is needed to get the WTO to make a fresh start, creating an agenda that corresponds to the needs of this century not the last.  At the same time, I've been impressed by the

Among the reaons, and there are many, why India is among the world's great democracies, is the quality and political responsibility of its journalists. An article just published in an Indian newspaper explores brilliantly how the peace clause to which India seems to have acquiesced-but already apparently

The saga of the G33 food security proposal in the WTO negotiations is a fascinating tale of law and politics. India has been a leader of this proposal, which would be a good start in bringing WTO norms more fully into alignment with the right to food in international law.

The Peter Van den Bossche/Werner Zdouc WTO law textbook says this: A requirement that imported furniture is fire-resistant, while no such requirement exists for domestically produced furniture, would constitute a violation of the national treatment obligation set out in Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement. That'

Some recent news headlines about the tea party and trade: "Hill tea party’s next target: Barack Obama’s trade agenda" "Tea Party Joins Liberals in Push Against Fast-Tracked Trade" An excerpt: Tea party Republicans insist they’re in favor of free trade. They just