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Guest Post: Does EU’s Anti-coercion Instrument violate Art. 23 of the DSU?

This is a guest post from Dr. iur. Cornelia Furculita, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Chair of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer Under its Trade Policy Review of 2021, the EU engaged to strengthen its toolbox to protect itself from unfair

What's Going on With the Delays in Circulating Panel Reports in Two U.S. WTO Disputes?

There are two WTO disputes involving the United States (one offensive, one defensive) where the parties have been requesting the postponement of the public circulation or the issuance of the panel report for quite a while now. For one of them the final report has definitely been issued to the

2021-2022 SIEL/JIEL/OUP Essay Prize

This is from the SIEL/JIEL/OUP: "The deadline for entering the 2021-2022 SIEL/JIEL/OUP Essay Prize competition is fast approaching, and authors meeting the stated conditions are warmly encouraged to send their submission by 28 FEBRUARY 2022." Further details here: https://academic.oup.com/jiel/pages/

Was Cancelling the Keystone XL Pipeline on Inauguration Day Arbitrary?

Investment Arbitration Reporter has the USMCA Chapter 14/NAFTA Chapter 11 legacy claim Notice of Intent filed by the province of Alberta against the United States in relation to the Biden administration's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. (The notice of intent will probably be available publicly soon,

ANU Press Early Career Researcher Legal Scholarship Prize Looking for Proposals on International Trade and Investment Law

The ANU College of Law has instituted the ANU Press Early Career Researcher legal scholarship prize. It is an annual prize awarded to the most outstanding and insightful manuscript submitted to ANU Press in any area of law and legal studies. It consists of a cash prize of AUD 2500

Can Congress Block a Return to the Iran Deal by the Biden Administration?

With Ted Cruz in the lead, a group of Republican Senators has sent a letter to the Biden Administration threatening that the Senate, or Congress, could block a return to the JCPOA. Within the next days or weeks, there may be a consensus in the Vienna talks between the original

CfP: EYIEL 2022 Climate Change and International Economic Law

This is from the editors of the European Yearbook for International Economic Law: The editors of the European Yearbook for International Economic Law (EYIEL) welcome abstracts from scholars and practitioners at all stages of their career for the focus section of the EYIEL 2022. This year’s focus will be

Virtual Conference on Dispute Settlement in International Trade Agreements: Prospective Pathways

This is from the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), New Delhi and the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, India: We are pleased to inform you that a virtual conference on Dispute Settlement in International Trade Agreements: Prospective Pathways scheduled to be held on 10-11 February

ITC Roundtables, Symposium, and Hearing on Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers

As I mentioned here a couple months ago, the ITC will be carrying out a study requested by USTR on "the potential distributional effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on U.S. workers by skill, wage and salary level, gender, race/ethnicity, age, and income level,

Guest Post: Case C 638/19 P, European Commission v. Micula et al. Does the Court of Justice of the EU misunderstand investment law and investment treaty arbitration?

This is a guest post from Dr. Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi, Birmingham University and Dr. Maxim Usynin, Copenhagen University 1. The Context Those following the interaction between International Investment Law and EU Law have noticed that the past couple of years have produced a growing number of cases in which the Court