It is no secret that global fish stocks are being quickly depleted. This sense of global urgency has made this issue one of the key topics of the DDA negotiations and recent FTA negotiations. Due to its uniqueness as a non-trade subject, and the political sensitivity associated with it, at the...

The TPP (CPTPP) contains a new chapter on State-Owned Enterprises (hereinafter “SOEs”) which sets forth detailed provisions to regulate a wide range of activities of SOEs and governments' activities relating to SOEs. Given the increasing global attention to the operation of SOEs and the...

Many states are taking a variety of measures to cope with the unprecedented global threat arising from COVID-19. To the extent that these measures affect the interest of foreign investors, they could implicate various provisions of international investment agreements. In particular, the pandemic...