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Friend-shoring

Friend-shoring. Secretary Yellen’s remarks of April 13, 2022 spoke of “friend-shoring” – a commitment to work with countries that “have strong adherence to a set of norms and values about how to operate in the global economy and about how to run the global economic system.” Friend-shoring is not new.

A Watershed Moment for ISDS Reform

Last week marked a watershed moment for the movement to reform investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Meeting in Vienna, Delegations to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (WGIII) agreed to work multilaterally to reform the resolution of investment disputes. Delegations agreed to focus on responding

New AU funding system and the WTO

At its July 2016 summit in Kigali, Rwanda, the AU Assembly held a special retreat to consider new proposals intended to ensure that the AU “is financed in a predictable, sustainable, equitable and accountable manner with the full ownership by its Member States”. The new funding proposal adopted by the

Indian Journal of International Economic Law: Call for Papers

The Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) is a law journal published by National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) under the patronage of the Indian government sponsored chair on WTO Law. The Journal is oriented towards publishing academic work that considers the legal issues in the field

Shaping the Pacific Alliance

Readers may be interested in a new blog, Shaping the Pacific Alliance, which aims to contribute to discussion about the Pacific Alliance, an integration scheme comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The blog provides a platform for governmental and intergovernmental communities to engage with civil society, academics and industry in

Legal Aspects of Domestic Economic Integration: Canadian Reform Proposals

This is from a paper by some Canadian business groups on promoting internal free trade within Canada through reform of Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade: A more effective and efficient dispute resolution mechanism should include ... a domestic equivalent of investor-state dispute settlement, ... . Investor-state dispute settlement normally grants foreign

An "American Union"

Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post has this suggestion for Barack Obama: Here's one example of new thinking he should pursue: The United States should apply to relations with hemispheric neighbors many of the lessons of the European Union and its half-century of economic and political integration. A

Beyond "Trade Policy," Towards "Integration Policy"

In the Financial Post, some well known trade experts argue for deeper Canada - U.S. integration: That a big idea on Canada-U.S. trade is needed there is little doubt. ... "We reached the high point in the year 2000 in volume in terms of trucks and human traffic,