The newly constituted International Trade and Investment Law Group (of Law Schools Global League - LSGL) presented four work-progress papers at the Research Workshop organised at University of Turin. The theme was: The recent trends in international…
World Trade Organisation grants rights to its Members, and WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding provides a rule-oriented consultative and judicial mechanism to protect these rights in cases of WTO-incompatible trade infringements. However, the DSU…
The renegotiation of NAFTA was surrounded by a dramatic atmosphere, just as Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland predicted. The negotiations took place against a backdrop of unilateral trade measures, President Trump’s mercantilist…
El 5 de junio del 2018, México se unió a un ejército de países que han decidido aplicar tarifas en represalia a los impuestos aplicados por Estados Unidos al metal y al acero. Los impuestos, dentro un rango de 15-25%, se aplicarán a comida, alcohol…
The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not autonomous. It shapes and is shaped. It affects not only countries’ trade and tariff policies, but also shapes their laws, regulations and institutions. In particular, it creates new…