Illicit Trade and the World Trade Organizaion: Raising awareness, identifying limitations and building strategies As the first step in the direction of encouraging a worldwide response, this Memorandum intends to raise global aware...
Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Free Trade Agreements As the world economy becomes more integrated, more complex Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have emerged. A FTA is an arr...
An analysis of Export Restriction Rules and Proposals under the WTO This memorandum is a redacted version of a confidential research paper on export restriction negotiations under the a...
Third Party Submissions at the WTO This guide provides an overview of third party submissions at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It explains: what i...
Brexit and the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Implications for the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada This memorandum has been prepared in the context of the United Kingdom (UK) providing notice to withdraw from the Eur...
The US Response to Brexit: Implications for International Trade Rights and Obligations Under the WTO System This report seeks to legally arm the US government to pursue US interests vis-à-vis the UK and the EU (“Brexit Partie...
Defining and Defending the Interest of Countries in WTO and Plurilateral Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies This paper set out analysis and recommendations directed at defining the notions that are key to the ongoing negotiat...
Public Participation: Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration This guide explains what amicus curiae participation is in the context of international investment arbitration. In ad...
Amicus Curiae Briefs in WTO Disputes: An Opportunity for Participation From the 1990s onwards, an increasing number of international dispute settlement systems have allowed non-state actor...
Continental Free Trade Area: Dispute Settlement Mechanism Africa’s choices for the dispute settlement mechanism of the Continental Free Trade Area Authors: Victor Crochet, ...
The Future of the United Kingdom in Europe Brexit Scenarios and their Implications on Trade Relations Authors: Katrin Fernekeß, Solveiga Palevičienė, and Man...
Compliance with International Standards on AML/CFT in Qatar: Gap Analysis This technical compliance report seeks to pre-empt the findings of the 2017 Mutual Evaluation Report by the Financial...
Understanding the Linkage Between E-Commerce, Domestic Internet Governance and Role of Corporations: A Trade Perspective The aim of this paper is to contribute to the most comprehensive picture of Internet governance, and clarify the ways...
The Application of Non-discrimination Obligations to Monopolies and State (Trading) enterprises This memorandum provides an analysis of the scope of non-discrimination obligations upon monopoly state enterprises (...
The EAC-EU EPA and Brexit: Legal and Economic Implications for EAC LDCs This report presents a legal and economic analysis of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European U...
Building an Export Strategy for COOMERSA - Salamina A customized report in Spanish for the COOMERSA, a cooperative of raw sugar producers based in Salamina, Caldas, Colo...
Project Summary: The WTO Marrakesh Agreement This is a short public summary of a paper produced for the University of Barcelona’s international economic law clini...
The Regulation of Capital Flows Though deployed successfully in restoring markets after the 2008 Financial Crisis, recent unconventional monetary mea...
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Negotiations: Dispute Settlement Mechanism This memorandum provides guidance on the type of dispute settlement mechanism that best serves the interests of the P...
Illicit Trade and International Economic Law Illicit trade is an umbrella term that is used to describe a range of illegal activities from human trafficking, the ...
Export Taxes under WTO Agreements This memorandum analyzes the coverage of export taxes in the GATT and WTO regime. While export taxes are not directly...
What Holds African LDC Exports Back? Translating Global Trade Alert Data Into A Positive Trade Agenda For Africa Trade-Restrictive Measures (TRM) are an area of huge concern to importers and exporters in African Union Least Develo...
Counterclaims in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) under International Investment Agreements (IIAS) Current state of law and identification of the basic criteria that counterclaims lodged by host States have to fulfil...
Services Trade under the East African Community Common Market Protocol Memorandum for the International Trade Center submitted by Isaac Baker, Carolina Arias Estévez and Karen Bosman
Legal basis and effect of denunciation under international investment agreements This memorandum addresses the notion of consent to international investment arbitration and the possibility of the te...
Issues and tensions in public procurement of ‘green innovation’: A cross-country study. Final Report to James Sheppard, Julio Bacio Terracino (OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate...
South Sudan’s Accession to the East African Community: Implementation of EAC Trade and Trade Related Instruments This memorandum aims to analyse the overall impact of South Sudan acceding to the East African Community (EAC), inclu...
Application of International Investment Agreements by Domestic Courts Memorandum to UNCTAD by Bahakal Yimer, Nicolas Cisneros, Laura Bisiani, Rahul Donde.
Corporate Models for Maximizing Benefits from Resources and Infrastructure Projects in Developing Communities The present report provides a comparative analysis of corporate models frequently used for social development purpose...
WTO Rules, Export Quotas and Sustainable Development: the Case of China Rare Earths Memorandum submitted by Han-wei Liu, Pacyinz Lyfoung, John Maughan
Building the Capacity of Anti-Dumping Regimes in Developing Countries Many countries have limited resources to develop anti-dumping policies, procedures and practices. This Memorandum aim...
A "DIGITAL" GENEVA CONVENTION TO PROTECT CYBERSPACE? Microsoft has proposed a Digital Convention on cyber security and this commentary seeks to evaluate the inputs made i...
Standards Under the North American Free Trade Agreement Memorandum by Kendra Magraw, Victorino Tejera and Louis-Philippe Coulombe on Standards Under the North American Free ...
Accession of Lebanon to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI): Lessons learned, analysis and legal aspects of accession This is a policy paper that recommends Lebanon to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ("EITI"). EI...
Designing a WTO-consistent Customs Union: Select WTO Obligations in the Context of GATT Art. XXIV Submitted to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and Other International Org...
Retaliation under the WTO system: When does Nullification or Impairment Begin? Memorandum issued to the permanent Mission of Canada by Thibault Fresquet, Kai Kan, Farzan Sabet.
Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector (DS412) Amicus Curiae Submission by Anastasia Smirnova, Pablo Bentes, Selina Bruderer, Weiwei Zhang.
Obligations Undertaken by States under International Conventions for the Protection of Cultural Rights and the Environment, a Limitation to Investor’s Rights? This memorandum by Monika Feigerlova Alexandre L. Maltais investigates to what extent obligations undertaken by State...
UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade This study seeks to improve our understanding of the relationship between response measures, economic diversification...
A Comparative Analysis of Generalised Systems of Preferences: Challenges, Constraints and Opportunities for Improvement Memorandum to The European Parliament, Committee on International Trade by Alice Adami, Brian McGarry, Pamela Ugaz.
The Legality of Exchange Rate Undervaluation Under WTO Law A memorandum presented to Mrs. Vera Thorstensen, Getúlio Vargas Foundation by By Gregory Hudson, Pero Bento De Faria,...
Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and International Economic Law Memorandum submitted by Isabel Lamers Pauline Mcharo Kei Nakajima to Mr. Sergey Ripinsky and Ms. Kendra Magraw, UNCTAD.
Drafting MFN Clause in Investment Chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement This memorandum by Alptug Tokeser & Jiao Mo examines interpretation of Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) treatment standard ...
Effective Compliance in the DSU: The Mechanics of Monetary Compensation as a Form of Reparation This Memorandum by Jordan Shepherd, Maria V. Sokolova and Wagari Negassa Wakjira focuses on improving the limitations...
‘Gold Standards’ for the International Investment Policy of the European Union after the Entry into Force of the Lisbon Treaty Memorandum to the European Commission, Cabinet of the Trade Commissioner, Mr. Damien Levie from Janina M. Mank, André...
Memorandum on the draft CARICOM Model Act to Implement the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 with Regard to the Prevention of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Memorandum to Mr. O'Neil Hamilton, Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by Anthony Vanicek, Nao...
Addressing the rise of Trade Remedies against Environmental Goods Trade and Investment Law Clinic Papers, 2014 by Kusum Dhanania and Worabhatra Chantramitra.
Regional Trade Agreement Choice-of-forum-clause as a Procedural Defence before the WTO Dispute Settlement in United States — Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products Memorandum to Mr. Jorge A. Huerta Goldman, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the WTO from Pietro Acerbi, Sandra Carter, ...
Treatment and Monitoring of the EU and USA Emissions Trading Systems Under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the WTO This memorandum analyzes climate change legislation of the EU and the US and found that they contain provisions that ...
Competence Shift on FDI from the EU Member States to the EU This memorandum examines the shift of competence on FDI to the EU. With a focus on the long term developments of EU I...
The EU's Renewable Energy Directive - Consistent with WTO Rules? Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources has been adopted on 23 April 2009. ...
Industrial Policy and the WTO with Special Reference to the Least Developed Countries' Exceptions Given Laos’ economic and social development, this memorandum aims to analyze the industrial development objectives of...
Questions of Compatibility with WTO Law of Trade Measures Taken Under a New Climate Change Protocol This memorandum addresses two questions. The first is, based on the provisions of the agreement reached at the Copen...
The need for capital flow measures and their permissibility under international investment agreements The consistency of capital flow regulation under the US Model BIT, 2012 vis à vis the IMF and the WTO
