Schon lange steht fest, dass auf Deutschland und Europa gewaltige Ausgaben zukommen. Die geopolitischen, ökonomischen und sicherheitspolitischen Anforderungen zwingen hierzu. Staaten müssen ihre Investitionen spürbar erhöhen und deren Finanzierung sichern. Dies wird nicht nur Auswirkungen...

Over the last decade, international economic conflict has increased dramatically. To name only a few examples, the European Union has banned the import of products from deforested land and is poised to impose a duties on carbon-intensive imports; the United States has banned imports from China...

This essay examined some issues under international economic law from a human rights perspective. It appraised emerging issues in International Economic Law and discussed the nexus between international investment, state-investor agreement and human rights law. It conceptually clarified the...

EU Merger Control, which was introduced as recently as 1990, has since become an important element of the regulatory framework for international mergers and acquisitions. It is currently under going its most profound reform, central to which is the “more economic approach”. This article...

Das Recht eines Staates, handelsbeschränkende Maßnahmen zum Schutz nicht-ökonomischer Güter zu ergreifen, ist im WTO-Recht insbesondere in den allgemeinen Ausnahmen der Art. XX GATT und Art. XIV GATS verankert. Besonders umstritten ist dabei die Möglichkeit, Maßnahmen zum Schutz von...