The Notification of Claim in the Philip Morris/Plain Packaging BIT claim is available from Australia DFAT here: http://www.dfat.gov.au/foi/downloads/dfat-foi-11-20550.pdf Here's an excerpt: (b) Specific contraventions of the Hong Kong-Australia BIT 44. The effect of plain packaging leglslalion, and for the

Just a heads up about a very interesting on-going project that Gabrielle Marceau is working on.  http://www.youtube.com/thewtocreation . As described at the website itself: This project began as a tribute to Ambassador Paul Trân Van Thinh on the occasion of his 80th birthday. We set out to

From Simon Evenett and Global Trade Alert, here is some data on who has been most protectonist recently: Which countries have inflicted the most harm? Certain emerging markets and European nations

The WTO press release is here: The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) appointed on 18 November 2011 the following two new members to the seven-member Appellate Body: Messrs Ujal Singh Bhatia of India and Thomas R. Graham of the United States for four years commencing on 11 December 2011. Messrs

My knowledge of Korean politics is pretty limited, so I wasn't sure what to make of this: President Lee Myung-bak told members of the ruling and opposition party leadership Tuesday that if the National Assembly asked him for renegotiations on the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement’s

From a recent TBT Committee meeting: Tobacco: Australia’s plain packaging This issue attracted the most attention in this meeting even though it had already been discussed at length in the June meeting. Because it affects trademarks it has also been discussed in the Council for Trade Related Aspects of

I have had long doubts as to whether the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will ever be completed.  Too many countries, too many issues.  With Japan now talking about joining, I'm even more skeptical.  But hey, what do I know?  Let me ask others what they think with

From the International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) of American Society of International Law (ASIL) and Suffolk University School of Law: Post - Crisis International Financial Regulation: Fragmentation, Harmonization and Coordination December 2, 2011 Suffolk University  School of Law 8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast 9:00-9:15 General Introduction: Elizabeth