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 global trading regime is now facing a perilous situation, to say the least. Sadly, multilateralism has been gradually losing its stature and authority, and protectionism of various sorts has been on the rise. Indeed, the year 2018 made us realize the aggravating situation and the resulting...

Massive bailouts of banks have been conducted by many countries in the aftermath of the global economic crisis. Nonetheless, the full extent of the legal implications of the bank bailouts, particularly from the perspective of the SCM Agreement, has not received adequate attention. Instead, bank...

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...

We document a decline in CDS-bond basis during the COVID crisis for bonds issued by firms with high environmental and social (E&S) scores relative to bonds issued by low E&S firms. Bonds of high E&S firms experience lower selling pressure due to lower investor outflows from sustainability...