Environmental protection policies become relevant in WTO law if they lead to extrajurisdictional effects. These effects might have different benchmarks, and may restrict free trade rules or competing policy goals. Although both forms of extrajurisdictional effects occur in WTO case law, this...

There is vigorous debate about reforms to address the balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in the over 3000 existing investment treaties. This paper first notes the growing trend to analyse particular treaty rules rather than treaties as a whole and the importance of...

Tras la salida del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea (UE), las políticas adoptadas por el Reino Unido y la UE irán dando lugar con el tiempo a divergencias regulatorias y a la creación de barreras comerciales entre estos dos espacios jurídicos y regulatorios separados. Con el fin de...