As the international economic law field developed and institutionalized during the 1990s and 2000s, interdisciplinary work on the subject proliferated. Many legal scholars turned to disciplinary methods beyond the traditional study of doctrine, constituting part of a “new legal realist” turn...

With the emergence of regional trade agreements, and the low level of multilateral cooperation, this has resulted in a complex legal structure of international economic law. In recent years, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) faces a need to readapt its framework in order to achieve a...

This paper argues that the UNCITRAL is in a privileged position to lead an effort — along with other international organizations, public and private stakeholders — to conduct a thorough analysis of the challenges raised by the growing interaction between international investment treaties and...

In der Untersuchung werden die Folgen der US-Ausgleichszölle wegen unerlaubter Subventionen für das europäische Gemeinschaftsunternehmen Airbus analysiert. Die US-Sonderzölle von 15 bis 25 Prozent treffen neben dem europäischen Flugzeugsektor in besonderer Weise den Werkzeug- und...

This book explores the contribution that international economic law generally defined makes to the rule of law at national and international levels. The contributions of this book either:(i) examine particular features of the rule of law from a viewpoint of the contribution (at international or...

In der Untersuchung werden die Folgen der US-Ausgleichszölle wegen unerlaubter Subventionen für das europäische Gemeinschaftsunternehmen Airbus analysiert. Die US-Sonderzölle von 15 bis 25 Prozent treffen neben dem europäischen Flugzeugsektor in besonderer Weise den Werkzeug- und...

The evolution of the international economic order / Chia-Jui Cheng --The WTO legal and dispute settlements systems in time of global governance crises / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann -- The use and abuse of the national security exception under Article xxi(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994 / Peter L.H. Van den...

The advent of COVID-19 has had many implications on governments, international organizations, stakeholders, scholars, and International Law, specifically International Economic Law (IEL). The scramble for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), led to a ban on the same by almost 98 countries,...

This book provides the first systematic analysis of new Asian regionalism as a paradigm shift in international economic law. It argues that new Asian regionalism has emerged amid the Third Regionalism and contributed to the New Regional Economic Order, which reinvigorates the role of developing...

Energy in the context of international trade law : concepts and changing markets -- The role of energy in international trade law history -- The current WTO legal framework relevant for energy -- Beyond the WTO : the energy charter treaty and preferential trade agreements -- Decentralising...

"Yet by 2020, twenty-five years after the WTO's creation, it was the United States that has become the great disrupter - disenchanted with the rules' constraints, including on its ability to create new rules. It was the United States that flouted WTO rules in the name of "national security" and...

This paper investigates recent dynamic developments of the World Customs Organization (WCO) an intergovernmental Organization of 180 contracting parties that rules international customs matters and the co-operation of states in this field of work. During the last 5 years (2011–2015)...

This chapter considers the state and future of Asian countries' participation, compliance and contributions with respect to IEL and highlights issues that may prompt future research. These issues are possibly caused by Asia's historical and contemporaneous position in the international economic...

This paper identifies the legal and economic assessments applied to resolve WTO disputes requiring an assessment of the contribution of the measure to the objective pursued, along with identifying any reasonably available alternatives. It focuses on disputes encompassing an interpretation of...

"The rapid growth of multinational corporations has given rise to many complex and controversial international law and governance issues. Driven to maximize shareholder value, these corporations are legally structured to seize every advantage while also benefiting from generous investor rights...

"In most of the time of its history of over 5,000 years, China was prosperous and influential in the Far East. The international order that it shaped in this region is unique in post- Westphalian terms, but not necessarily inferior. Despite the fact that it claimed to be the "Middle Kingdom" and...

Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Legal Frameworks Straining Boundaries -- 1. Foreign Wrongs, Corporate Rights and the Arc of Transnational Law -- 2. The Corporation and Modern Capitalism: Folk, Broke and Woke -- 3. Implications of a Sophisticated...

Are there discernable the outlines of an emergent global economic constitutional order? If the current global scene is understood as hybrid and plural, there will be no single, unitary global economic constitution in place at the present moment. There only will be partial manifestations –...

In the international trade and development arena, new and developing economies have created a block that is known as BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Initially conceived to drive global change through economic growth, the financial crisis and reversal of fortunes of the...

Machine generated contents note: Part I: Introduction and Overview, David Trubek, Chantal Thomas and Alvaro Santos; Part II: Rethinking the Political Economy of Trade: Comments on Dani Rodrik's 'Straight Talk on Trade', Chantal Thomas, Kevin P. Gallagher, Gregory Shaffer, Alvaro Santos and Dani...

Moving beyond the border : introduction and overview / Joseph Francois & Bernard Hoekman -- NTMs : data concepts and sources / Marie Luise Rau & Achim Vogt -- Regulatory bindings, policy uncertainty, and market access in services / Peter Egger, Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman, & Miriam Manchin...