This is from the Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development: The Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development is pleased to invite original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Winter ’20 Issue of the Journal (Vol. 12, No. 2) in the form of ‘Articles’, ‘Notes’, ‘Comments’ and

The Field of International Pandemic Law (IPaL) Steve Charnovitz 10 May 2020 As a scholar who has written to define the field of international economic law (IEcL), I now see a need for more attention to the vital topic of international pandemic law (IPaL).  Although the origins of international health

This is from the Trade Experettes Blog Editors: Call for Submissions: Trade Experettes COVID-19 Blog Post Series We are the Trade Experettes. We are women professionals in international trade - economists, academics, lawyers and public policy experts that strive to build a global interactive platform for trade policy discussions and

There is a deafening silence in the MPIA documents published so far about the future status of current AB jurisprudence before the MPIA arbitrators. Since, after all, the MPIA arbitrators will function as an arbitral tribunal, it is essential to consider the role of arbitral jurisprudence in International Investment Law.

ELSA International invites proposals from prospective case authors to write the Moot Court Case for the 19th edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition, formerly known as the ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. The Competition is a simulated hearing of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement

A couple weeks ago, Steve Charnovitz posted about a domestic content requirement in the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program being run by the Small Business Administration. We discussed the issue a bit in the comments, but I was curious about the origins of the requirement. I asked a Cato intern

Guest Post by Prof. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, European University Institute, Florence In his Post of 19 April 2020, Simon Lester made three proposals in order to satisfy the most significant US concerns with the WTO Appellate Body in ways acceptable for the rest of the WTO membership: ‘(1) limiting the scope

Here is a communication from Canada dated April 16 related to the Supercalendered Paper case: The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the recommendations of the panel and Appellate Body in US – Supercalendered Paper (DS505) on 5 March 2020. Pursuant to Article 21.3 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the

This is from Steffen Hindelang, University of Southern Denmark and Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Academy of European Law / Maastricht University: Virtual Symposium on EU Investment Screening You are warmly invited to attend an online symposium on Investment Screening in the European Union, to be webcast live on 29 April 2020, 14: