Many bilateral trade agreements signed by developing countries contain intellectual property rights rules more stringent than the standards given in the TRIPS agreement. These are known as TRIPS plus provisions. This article discusses whether the most favoured nation (MFN) clause occurring in...

Can international predatory pricing be dealt with under the WTO framework, outside of an anti-trust regime? If predation is taking place in the form of dumping, as understood in GATT/WTO, it can be tackled under the Anti-Dumping Agreement; otherwise it can be addressed under the safeguards agreement

Due to the adjudication of a large range of regulatory measures under investment treaty arbitration (ITA), the belief that bilateral investment treaties (BITs) fail to balance investment protection with a host country's right to regulate has gained currency as of late. In order to balance...