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Call for Papers: 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021

This is from Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang and Mr. Jens Hillebrand Pohl, inviting contribution from followers of this blog: Call for Papers: 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021 The 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security will be held in Warsaw from Wednesday 1 December until Friday

Biden Makes Another Good Trade Appointment in Thea Lee

The Biden Administration has appointed Thea Lee to be the Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs. This is a thoughtful appointment to an agency that has had an important trade role for at least six decades. I wish her good luck in having the labor voice heard in the

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I commend the new essay in Barron's by my colleague Susan Aarsonon "How Nations Can Build Online Trust Through Trade". Her scholarly contributions to the development of effective trade policy are always enlightening. https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-nations-can-build-online-trust-through-trade-

My Take on the Vaccine/TRIPS Waiver Issue: Buyout Pharma Now, Rebalance the IP System Later, and Meh on the Waiver

After almost two days of intense discussion on Twitter and elsewhere, here's where I am now on the issue of vaccine production and the TRIPS waiver. The most important point here is whether additional factories around the world could produce vaccines. In order to do so, they would

SIEL Conversation on Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law

From the SIEL: SIEL May ConversationThe Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) is pleased to invite you to its May Conversation entitled ‘Book Launch: Sondra Faccio, Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law. Between State Regulatory Powers and Investor Protection (Editoriale Scientifica, 2020), with Sondra Faccio (University of Trento), Prof. Giuseppe

What if the US can't create consensus around a WTO vaccine waiver? A review of the options

Angela Merkel's Kriegserklärung against America in its effort to to build consensus for a WTO vaccine waiver will come as no shock to those familiar with Germany's punitive moralism and gratuitous cruelty in the Greek debt crisis a few years back. But the chancellor's

TRIPping the light fantastic-fathoming the Biden Administration's support for a vaccine waiver at the WTO

"Come, and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe"- John Milton, "Allegro" Yesterday's statement by USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai that the US will support efforts in the WTO for a vaccine waiver is a big deal. "Massive", "huge&

Guest Post: European Commission puts forth legislative proposal to tackle “foreign subsidies”

This is a guest post by Victor Crochet of Van Bael & Bellis The European Commission puts forth its legislative proposal to tackle “foreign subsidies” in the European Union. The text of the proposal can be found here. There has been lots of discussions on this blog over the Commission’

Book Launch of “The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights under International Investment Law”

Event Details Date & Time: * May 27, 2021 * 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location * Virtual Event Contact Information: * Jennifer Karnakis * jkarnakis@suffolk.edu Registration: * Register now Event Description Please join us for a virtual webinar celebrating the launch of “The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights under International Investment Law”

Mini-Deals: A First Look at the World of Trade Executive Agreements

With the deadlines now having passed for moving the UK and Kenya agreements through the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) process, there has been some talk about pursuing instead more “skinny” or “mini”-deals especially given that the prospects of renewing TPA remain in doubt. Even apart from TPA, additional