To augment the global production and distribution of Covid-19 medical products such as vaccines, drugs and other therapeutics, countries are negotiating for temporarily waiving certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement at the WTO. Depending on the conditions that would govern the waiver,...

This paper analyses the texts on Agriculture and NAMA that emerged from the VI ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong (HK) from 13-18 December 2005, which was projected as a ‘success.'

The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the impact of national contestation of international investment law on international rule of law elements adopted by international investment law. These national contestations have triggered a public debate and churning on how to re-craft BITs in a...