In a post on opinio juris, Bill Dodge writes as follows: In an article about to be published, I analyze the different approaches of NAFTA (which allows direct investor claims) and AUSFTA (which does not) and suggest a third approach. Specifically, I argue that because developed countries have developed legal

I am very pleased to welcome Lorand Bartels, of University of Edinburgh School of Law, to our group of contributors.  I look forward to his insightful contributions.

I was just reading the Leiter gossip about law professor moves (yes, I really do have better things to do), and read that Greg Shaffer has been appointed to be the first holder of the Wing Tat Lee Chair in International Law at Loyola Chicago.  Congratulations.

For those who doubt that blogging has anything to do with legal scholarship, there is now a conference planned at Harvard on the topic.

There are many problematic things that the AB says in its ruling concerning the relationship of different international legal regimes and fora.  Some of those things have been discussed in the various posts on this case.  And I may address them as well in a future post.  But it seems

I'm going to be teaching the EC-Biotech interim report next week, and was wondering whether anyone out there had done an edit for classroom purposes?  If not  I guess my  work will be cut out for me in the next few days.  Obviously, the report as it stands,

The Appellate Body has issued its (delightfully brief) report in Mexico — Tax Measures on Soft Drinks and Other Beverages” (DS308). The report will merit further study, but it appears on first glance that the Appellate Body has definitively rejected the possibility that panels or the AB would apply non-WTO international

In Today's FT (free access this week), Alan Beattie reports that 13 countries have asked the U.S. to liberalize in the area of maritime transport "auxiliary services," which includes port management.  USTR Portman is reported to respond as follows: “The United States is not offering

Thank you, Simon, for the link to the full GMO interim report. One really has to read the full report to appreciate the Herculian job performed by this panel, and the WTO staff advising it.  The report is amazingly well-written. Given, in particular, our earlier discussions, I want to stress

Apparently the full GMOs interim panel report has now been leaked.  Friends of the Earth has made it available here:  Descriptive Part and Findings. Here's their press release: http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/leaked_wto_report_us_misle_28022006.html