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CAN THE CPTPP HELP? THE (UN)EXPECTED ROLES OF THE CPTPP TO ERADICATE FORCED LABOR ISSUES IN TAIWANESE DISTANT WATER FISHERIES
Labor rights and working conditions may be affected if international trade and investment agreements are concluded between contracting parties. Some assert that these agreements advance states’ labor conditions because boosting economic activities…
Tobacco Control And Procedural Fairness in the Context of Investment Treaty Arbitration
The Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (hereinafter “FCTC”) is the first treaty aiming to combat the tobacco epidemic under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). This multilateral convention seeks to pursue the highest public…
DEVELOPMENT IN RESPONSES OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS TO THIRD-PARTY FUNDING IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
Concerns have been raised over the utilization of third-party funding in investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). This paper aims to examine how the tribunals deal with the arguments raised by the respondents in the proceeding and evaluate whether…
Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment: How Does It Help, What Has Been Done, and What Remains Undone?
Bahri, A. (2021). Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment:. Latin American Journal of Trade Policy, 4(11), 6 - 24. doi:10.5354/0719-9368.2021.65667 In the recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of FTAs that are…
Not Just Sea Turtles, Let’s Protect Women Too: Invoking Public Morality Exception or Negotiating a New Gender Exception in Trade
33 (1) European Journal of International Law (2022). The most common provisions we find in almost all multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements are the exception clauses that allow countries to protect public morals, humans, animals or…