The analysis of the interaction between the legal order of the European Union (“EU”) and the law of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) would be incomplete without a critical assessment of how European judges and panels and the WTO appellate body contribute to the articulation between...

This brief article focusses on three important reasons why an Investment Facilitation for Agreement is important for individual WTO Members and why, therefore, all Members should join the negotiations: it helps countries to retain and attract more and higher quality FDI flows; it constitutes a...

In this paper, Nigeria’s internal trade management potentials were weighted as indicators of its international trade management capabilities. The objective was to ascertain whether or not Nigeria wields enough economic power for a facile integration into the globalized economy. Essentially a...

Global trade and investment is increasingly characterized by systemic conflicts, giving rise to unilateral policies to attain competitiveness, national security and other noneconomic objectives. Disparate national measures motivated by all these objectives targeting the global value chains...

Purpose - This article focuses on whether there is a chance to win a World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute at the consultation stage. The study suggests an approach to resolving trade disputes on a bilateral level before involving formal WTO resolution procedures....