Acquiescer est synonyme d’acceptation silencieuse, comme le résume l’adage « qui ne dit mot consent ». Ces expressions ont-elles voix au chapitre en droit international ? L’acquiescement indique les conditions dans lesquelles la prétention d’un sujet est portée à la connaissance de son adversaire. Ce dernier peut subir une modification de sa situation juridique s’il ne réagit pas. Habituellement cantonné aux différends territoriaux et maritimes, le principe général d’acquiescement est en réalité omniprésent en droit international public. La structure en trois temps au coeur de l’acquiescement (prétention ; connaissance ; charge de réagir) est notamment attestée dans les sources du droit, en droit des traités, dans la responsabilité internationale, et dans le règlement des différends.
Cette étude a pour ambition d’offrir un panorama le plus complet possible de l’acquiescement. Ce cheminement débute par un aperçu historique, une énumération des institutions apparentées, ainsi que l’analyse de sa nature juridique, qui constituent le premier volume. Les éléments et conditions de son fonctionnement, ses effets juridiques, ainsi que sa (re)construction par les tribunaux sont l’objet du second volume. De nombreux exemples tirés de la jurisprudence de la Cour internationale de Justice, des Conventions internationales, et des travaux de la Commission du droit international émaillent le texte.
Par sa vocation de guide, l’ouvrage offre un point de départ qui peut être consulté par les étudiants et les professionnels du droit pour trouver des développements théoriques ou pour des recherches ponctuelles. L’étude fournit de riches informations sur les concepts connexes : actes unilatéraux, estoppel, consentement tacite, et processus coutumier sont analysés sous le prisme de l’acquiescement. L’ouvrage se présente également comme un répertoire d’arguments et de stratégies permettant – selon les aspirations du lectorat – de faciliter ou d’empêcher la survenance d’un acquiescement.
Monday, January 29, 2024
Hêche: L'acquiescement en droit international
Saturday, January 27, 2024
New Issue: International & Comparative Law Quarterly
- Articles
- Merris Amos, Democratic State, Autocratic Method: The Reform of Human Rights Law in the United Kingdom
- Toni Marzal, The Territorial Reach of European Union Law: A Private International Law Enquiry into the European Union's Spatial Identity
- Csongor Istvan Nagy, The Rebellion of Constitutional Courts and the Normative Character of European Union Law
- Sean Molloy, Child Soldiers and Peace Agreements
- Jack Kenny, Cyber Operations and the Status of Due Diligence Obligations in International Law
- Juan Pablo Ramaciotti & Jo Shaw, ‘The Transient Foreigner’: Restrictions on Citizenship Acquisition in Chile and Colombia for Those Said to Be ‘Passing Through’
- Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo, Accountability Mechanisms of Multilateral Development Banks and the Law of International Responsibility
- Shorter Articles
- Jorge E. Viñuales, Comparing Environmental Law Systems
- Siena Anstis, Regulating Transnational Dissident Cyber Espionage
New Issue: International Peacekeeping
- Burak Giray, Do UN Missions Have an Expiration Date? Ideational Commitment to UN Peacekeeping and the Length of Missions
- Giulio Levorato & Mattia Sguazzini, A Perpetual (Liberal) Peace? An Empirical Assessment of an Enduring Peacebuilding Model
- Antonia Witt, Omar M. Bah, Sophia Birchinger, Sait Matty Jaw & Simone Schnabel, How African Regional Interventions are Perceived on the Ground: Contestation and Multiplexity
- Herman T. Salton, ‘The Hand that Holds the Pen’: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Peacekeeping, and American Influence Over the United Nations Secretariat in the Early 1990s
- Fernando Rodrigues Goulart, Legitimacy of Using Force as a Fundamental Ingredient for Military Motivation in Robust Peacekeeping Operations
Friday, January 26, 2024
New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law
The latest issue of the Asian Journal of International Law (Vol. 14, no. 1, January 2024) is out. Contents include:- Mohammad Shahabuddin, Pan-Asianism, Anti-Imperialism, and International Law in the Early Twentieth Century
- Mohsen Nagheeby, The Worst or the Best Treaty? Analysing the Equitable and Reasonable Utilization Principle in the Legal Arrangements of the Helmand River
- Heidarali Teimouri, International Judicial Intervention in the Case of Libya: From Justice Enforcer to Peace Maker Right Constituency and Institutional Independence: Virtues of a Fight against Realpolitik
- Zaker Ahmad, The European Commission's Glass Fibre Fabrics Investigation and the Boundaries Between Investment and Trade
- Mark McLaughlin The Geoeconomics of Belt and Road Disputes: A Case Study on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- Sharmin Tania, Meika Atkins, Robert Cunningham, & Ajith Anawaratna, Reimagining the Special and Differential Treatment Provisions in the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding
- Felicity Deane, Emily Woolmer, Shoufeng Cao, & Kieran Tranter, Trade in the Digital Age: Agreements to Mitigate Fragmentation
- Emma Palmer, Roads and Rules: What Does Infrastructure Reveal about International Law?
New Issue: Europa Ethnica
- Emma Lantschner, Gerichtssprache Slowenisch: rechtliche Entwicklung und aktuelle Herausforderungen
- Heinrich Neisser, „In Vielfalt geeint“ – das Dilemma der europäischen Minderheitenpolitik
- Peter Bußjäger, Die Sprache in den Verfassungen der österreichischen Bundesländer
- Paolo Ruspini, Migration, Identity and Memory in a Transnational Perspective
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Hoffmann: Freezing or Consolidating the Development of War Crimes Law? The International Criminal Court and the Role of Judicial Innovation
After the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, several commentators claimed that the Statute was specifically drafted to curtail judicial innovation following a period of exponential expansion led by the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). One particularly vicious criticism was voiced by Alain Pellet, who accused the drafters of the statute that as a ‘result of a veritable brainwashing operation led by criminal lawyers, with the self-interested support of the United States […] have frozen customary definitions in a process of rapid evolution’. This chapter aims to further examine the question of whether the institutional design of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court has indeed restricted the development of international criminal law, focusing on the field of war crimes law. It first analyses the relationship between international humanitarian law and international criminal law, then addresses the historical role of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the development of war crimes law. Finally, it zeroes in on the Rome Statute and investigates whether the crime definitions and the emphasis on the principle of legality have actually curbed the potential for judicial innovation.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Call for Papers: The Environment before International Courts and Tribunals: new challenges for international regulation
New Issue: Journal of Human Rights Practice
- Special Issue - 15th anniversary issue of the Journal of Human Rights Practice
- Paul Gready, Revisiting ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Practice’: Introduction to the Special Collection
- Philip Alston, Criminalizing Human Rights
- Laura García, An Ecosystemic Approach to Human Rights Philanthropy
- Mandeep S Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto, Amplifying Civil Society Narratives: CIVICUS’s Journey in Exploring Trends in Engagement and Civic Space Conditions
- Claire Hamilton, Speaking Rights to Populism? Using Emotion as the Language of Values
- Sam Gregory, Fortify the Truth: How to Defend Human Rights in an Age of Deepfakes and Generative AI
- Lisa Forman, From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to a Pandemic Treaty: Will a Right to Medicines Forever be ‘Under Construction’?
- Morten Kjaerum, Build Forward Fairer: Covid-19, Lessons Learned
- Marina Joseph, K J Siddharth, & Doel Jaikishen, Making Right to Housing Work: Learnings from YUVA’s Approach of Enabling the Right to Adequate Housing
- Lars Waldorf, Helena-Ulrike Marambio, & Hetty Blades, Performing/Informing Rights: Mixing Inclusive Dance and Human Rights Education for Disabled People in Sri Lanka and Nepal
- Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar, A Listening Device: Colombia’s Truth Commission and the Politics of the Audible
- F Richard Georgi, Who is a Human Rights Defender? An Appraisal of Labour Practices in the Human Rights Economy
- Elina Steinerte & Vincent Ploton, Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures: Can They Work Better Together?
- Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Markus Krajewski, & Wouter Vandenhole, Beyond ‘Global Good Samaritans’: Transnational Human Rights Obligations
- Katarina Månsson, Human Rights in Mediation—Undoing a Myth and Exploring a Mutual Opportunity
- Natalia Gubbioni & Danny Vannucchi, From Theory to Practice: Reflections on How We Can Meaningfully Measure Human Rights Impact
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Pierini: Conflicts of Criminal Laws in the Subject Matter of Competence. The Early Resolutions of the Institut de Droit International
The exercise by States of criminal jurisdiction for conduct occurring outside their territory and conflicting claims are part of the daily legal landscape. Going through the early attempts by the Institut de Droit International to address conflicts of criminal law in the area of competence, starting from what the author calls the “Belle Époque” of international law, is an experience in and of itself. Conflicts of criminal laws are a somewhat exotic topic, reflecting an approach aimed at addressing the solution of conflicts of laws and preventing their most evident repercussion, jurisdictional conflicts, in the same shape as conflicts of laws under private international law, seeking the closest link existing between a certain situation and legislation and judicature. The approach reflected rather a “cultural attitude” to establish a level of cooperation with other States “below that of public international law”. Indeed, jurisdictional conflicts in criminal matters are impossible to keep at a level not encroaching on the sensibility of States, even if they do not involve the scrutiny of the exercise of public functions. The idealistic attempts to address conflicts of criminal laws are, in any case, inspiring and provide an insight into an age by no way less complex than the contemporary world, in which a small group of talented individuals believed to track the path of the development of international law. The themes addressed by the “men of 1873” and vehemently discussed are frequently still up for discussion. The book delves into the history and working procedures of the Institut, analysing resolutions, proposals, and, more generally, themes raised by its members. In such a fashion, the “Theses” proposed by Swiss professor Charles Brocher built on a broad idea of an “extended territoriality” entailing legal fictions. The later 1883 Munich Resolution provided a challenging construct by Ludwig von Bar and Emilio Brusa, outlining a comprehensive system built on strict territoriality and the physical presence of the author of the offence. The 1889 Montevideo Convention reversed the model and shows the influence of the debate at the Institut while building a system based on the sole effects of the offence. The 1879 Report by Louis Renault on the protection of submarine cables envisaged an advanced mechanism combining shared jurisdiction to enforce the prohibition to break and damage cables with the flag State’s exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate. The pioneering initiatives of the Institut are motivating reading for those interested in the multifaceted aspects of jurisdictional issues.
New Issue: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
- Comments
- Philipp Glahé, History as a Problem? On the Historical Self-Perception of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
- Sonderheft zum Thema: Die völkerrechtsfreundliche Verfassung – Ein Grundsatz im deutsch-österreichisch- schweizerischen Rechtsvergleich
- Andreas Th. Müller & Werner Schröder, Völkerrechtsfreundliche Verfassung – Ein Grundsatz im deutsch-österreichisch-schweizerischen Rechtsvergleich
- Anne Peters, Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit – mehr als ein Lippenbekenntnis
- Mehrdad Payandeh, Verfassungsrechtliche Grundlagen der Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit in Deutschland
- Markus Vašek, Verfassungsrechtliche Grundlagen der „Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit“ – Österreich
- Oliver Diggelmann, Die „Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit“ der Bundesverfassung: Zum Zusammenspiel von Erzeugungs- und Aufnahmeebene
- Hans-Georg Dederer, Unmittelbare Anwendbarkeit von völkerrechtlichen Verträgen und Völkergewohnheitsrecht – Deutschland
- Karl Stöger, Landesbericht Österreich: Unmittelbare Anwendbarkeit von völkerrechtlichen Verträgen und Völkergewohnheitsrecht
- Maria Stemmler, Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit im schweizerischen Recht: Das Beispiel der unmittelbaren Anwendbarkeit von Völkerrecht
- Monika Polzin, Reichweite und Grenzen der völkerrechtskonformen Interpretation des Grundgesetzes
- Andreas Th. Müller, Reichweite und Grenzen der völkerrechtskonformen Interpretation in Österreich
- Evelyne Schmid, Völkerrechtskonforme Auslegung aus schweizerischer Sicht: Ein Randphänomen?
- Stefanie Schmahl, Rechtliche Auswirkungen des grundgesetzlichen Prinzips der Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit auf das Verhältnis zwischen deutscher Rechtsordnung und Europäischer Menschenrechtskonvention
- Katharina Pabel, Rechtliche Implikationen der Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit: Sonderfall EMRK und EGMR – Österreich
- Helen Keller & Anja Dillena, EMRK-Freundlichkeit der Bundesverfassung kritisch beleuchtet
- Andreas Paulus, Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit in der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts
- Helmut Tichy, Die Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit der österreichischen Verfassung aus der Sicht der Verwaltung
- Martin Wyss, Die schweizerische Bundesversammlung und das Völkerrecht – Spurensuche zwischen Verfassungsrecht und politischer Praxis
Monday, January 22, 2024
Tello Mendoza: Control de convencionalidad y Estado Constitucional de Derecho
El control de convencionalidad es una doctrina creada por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos a partir de 2006. Desde entonces, el desarrollo de su noción sugiere que la Corte IDH y toda autoridad estatal tienen el deber de oficio de realizar un control entre el llamado canon interamericano (compuesto por los tratados regionales de derechos humanos y los pronunciamientos de la Corte IDH) y todo el ordenamiento jurídico interno, de modo que, de estimarse una incompatibilidad, prevalezca el primero. Dicha figura ha generado un arduo debate político en la academia y los altos tribunales nacionales. En esta obra se explica el control de convencionalidad según es realizado por la Corte IDH, analizando si goza de sólida y suficiente fundamentación jurídica en las fuentes del Derecho Internacional Público. Asimismo, se pasa revista a su aplicación en diez Estados de la Región. Particular atención se presta a las implicancias de tal figura desde las categorías del Estado Constitucional de Derecho y a cómo esta doctrina pretende un tránsito hacia un Estado Convencional de Derecho. El autor argumenta por qué el control de convencionalidad según lo entiende la Corte IDH debe ser repensado para contar con una adecuada y consistente justificación en el Derecho Internacional a la vez de no poner en riesgo los principios basales del Estado Constitucional de Derecho.
New Issue: La Comunità Internazionale
- Articoli e Saggi
- Paolo Bargiacchi, Alcune riflessioni sulla legittima difesa nel diritto internazionale (II parte)
- Matteo Fornari, Questioni di diritto internazionale umanitario nella “operazione militare speciale” della Federazione Russa in Ucraina
- Diego Zannoni, The Slow Atrophy of the Principle of the Peaceful Use of Outer Space. 657 Carlotta Ceretelli, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Sustainable Development: An International Economic Law Perspective
- Luca Romano, Food Loss and Waste: A New Challenge for the International Law on Sustainable Development?
- Note e Commenti
- Mariachiara Giovinazzo, Recent Developments in ICJ’s Jurisprudence on the Identification of Customary Law
- Niccolò Lanzoni, Diritti sovrani, interessi comuni e patrimonio dell’umanità: alcune osservazioni sulle modalità di accesso e ripartizione dei benefici derivanti dall’utilizzazione delle risorse genetiche
- Cesare Augusto Placanica, Osservazioni critiche sulla sentenza 159/2023 della Corte Costituzionale sul Fondo Ristori per le vittime italiane dei crimini nazisti
Sunday, January 21, 2024
New Issue: Journal of International Economic Law
The latest issue of the Journal of International Economic Law (Vol. 26, no. 4, December 2023) is out. Contents include:- Oliver Hailes & Jorge E. Viñuales, Introduction to the symposium
- Oliver Hailes & Jorge E. Viñuales, The energy transition at a critical juncture
- Ginevra Le Moli, Beyond externalities: human rights as a foundation of entitlements over energy resources
- Oliver Hailes, From guano to green hydrogen: food security and fertilizer disputes in international energy law
- Ilaria Espa, Energy disciplines in PTAs between security and sustainability concerns: a comparative perspective
- Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez, Contradictions and tensions in the way the USMCA regulates energy
- Agata Daszko, The Energy Charter Treaty at a critical juncture: of knowns, unknowns, and lasting significance
- Yuanyuan Zhang, International law in the China–Russian energy partnership: mapping the partnership-based relational approach
- Anna-Alexandra Marhold, Towards a ‘security-centred’ energy transition: balancing the European Union’s ambitions and geopolitical realities
- Anatole Boute, Energy justice in times of crisis: protection of consumers and market-based renewable energy investments
- Berk Demirkol, Peaceful settlement of inter-state energy disputes: applicable law, defence arguments, and remedies in the ICC arbitration between Iraq and Turkey
- Henry Gao & Weihuan Zhou, Competition among purposes: The Chinese Experience in the Governance of Climate Change and Energy Transition
- Daria Shapovalova, Climate change and oil and gas production regulation: an impossible reconciliation?
New Issue: The World Economy
- Special Issue: New Aspects of Economic and Financial Integration
- António Afonso, Cristina Badarau, & Camélia Turcu, Introduction to INFER special issue on “new aspects of economic and financial integration”
- Wildmer Daniel Gregori, Maria Martinez-Cillero, & Michela Nardo, The effects of cross-border acquisitions on firms' productivity in the EU
- Vignawou Lucien Ahouangbe & Camelia Turcu, How bilateral foreign direct investment influences environmental convergence
- Sophie Brana, Dalila Chenaf-Nicet, & Delphine Lahet, Drivers of cross-border bank claims: The role of foreign-owned banks in emerging countries
- Vanessa Olakemi Dovonou, Trilemma revisited with dollar dominance in trade and finance
- António Afonso & José Carlos Coelho, Fiscal and current account imbalances: The cases of Germany and Portugal
- João Tovar Jalles, Pandemics and economic turmoil in the short-run: The role of fiscal space
- Kéa Baret, Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, & Théophilos Papadimitriou, Forecasting stability and growth pact compliance using machine learning
- Tam NguyenHuu & Deniz Karaman Örsal, Geopolitical risks and financial stress in emerging economies
- Eduardo de Sá Fortes Leitão Rodrigues, Uncertainty and the effectiveness of fiscal policy in the United States and Brazil: SVAR approach
- Nicolas Himounet, Francisco Serranito, & Julien Vauday, A positive effect of uncertainty shocks on the economy: Is the chase over?
- Luis R. Díaz Pavez & Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, The impact of automation on labour market outcomes in emerging countries
- Fabio Montobbio, Jacopo Staccioli, Maria Enrica Virgillito, & Marco Vivarelli, Labour-saving automation: A direct measure of occupational exposure
- Mariya Brussevich, The socioeconomic impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Cambodia
Fach Gómez: The Technological Competence of Arbitrators: A Comparative and International Legal Study
Arbitration is facing revolutionary changes due to new technologies’ irruption into the entire arbitration proceeding. Wide-ranging technical-legal concepts such as e-discovery, e-hearing, cyber-security protocol, e-deliberations, algorithmic decision-making and digital signing have become part of life. Technology’s impact on arbitration is unlikely to decrease after the COVID crisis; on the contrary, how the arbitration community positions itself vis-à-vis technology will be a key factor in determining arbitration’s future. Faced with this challenging scenario, the book discusses a novel legal topic: arbitrators’ relationship with this increasingly ubiquitous, rapidly-changing technology.
This innovative book applies journalism’s “5 W questions” to the underexplored issue of arbitrators’ digital competence. It reaches a workable definition of what digital competence in the current arbitration context is, also providing answers to the essential question of why arbitrators’ digital competence is relevant from legal and financial points of view. Attention then shifts to who, with reflections on arbitrators working in a highly technological context and clarification of their relationship with other legal and non-legal actors. The book equally offers an in-depth comparative study of the question of where arbitrators’ technological competence is regulated, with critical analysis of soft and hard law provisions that may impose a digital competence duty. Finally, the book specifies when arbitrators need to be digitally competent and develops legal proposals regarding key procedural stages (initial conference, hearings) and legal topics (cybersecurity, data protection).
The first study to scrutinise the rapidly changing relationship between arbitrators and technology, the book aims to spark a crucial debate among practitioners and scholars. Academically rigorous and using the latest legal material, it emphasises arbitrators’ needs, rights and duties in our technological age, presenting them alongside carefully selected practical topics. The unprecedented and well-grounded proposals for arbitrators’ digital competence are intended to be a call to action for its broad target audience.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
New Issue: Ethics & International Affairs
- Essays
- Mitt Regan, International Law and the Humanization of Warfare
- Nathan Pippenger, Contested Past, Contested Future: Identity Politics and Liberal Democracy
- Special Section: Voluntariness and Migration
- Eszter Kollar & François Boucher, Introduction: Voluntariness and Migration
- Valeria Ottonelli & Tiziana Torresi, Voluntariness and Migration: A Restatement
- Michael Blake, Voluntary and Involuntary Migrants: On Migration, Safe Third Countries, and the Collective Unfreedom of the Proletariat
- Christine Straehle, Migration, Climate Change, and Voluntariness
- Review Essay
- Tony Milligan, Is Space Expansion the Road to Dystopia?
Friday, January 19, 2024
Call for Papers: A Multi-Disciplinary Take on the Role of the Judiciary in the Law of the Sea
Thursday, January 18, 2024
International Law and Social Science Spring 2024 Speakers Series
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Tijmes, Delgado Casteleiro, & Lucas Garín: Derecho Internacional Público
Derecho Internacional Público is a new textbook on Public International Law, specifically designed for Spanish-speaking readers. It offers a unique perspective, focusing on Latin American and Chilean views towards Public International Law. The book has been authored by a team of Chilean-based international lawyers, who have provided a diverse and rich vision of classic international law topics and some new ones. The topics covered in the book include the history, sources, and subjects of international law, as well as other essential topics such as international dispute settlement, the law of international responsibility, human rights, international criminal law, the law of the sea, international environmental law, international economic law, and intellectual property.
AJIL Unbound Symposium: International Laws Public and Private in Memory of Karen Knop
Monday, January 15, 2024
New Issue: Review of International Organizations
The latest issue of the Review of International Organizations (Vol. 19, no. 1, January 2024) is out. Contents include:- Rie Kijima & Phillip Y. Lipscy, The politics of international testing
- Jean-Frédéric Morin, Clara Brandi, & Jakob Schwab, Environmental agreements as clubs: Evidence from a new dataset of trade provisions
- Saki Kuzushima, Kenneth Mori McElwain, & Yuki Shiraito, Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to common practices?
- Jerg Gutmann, Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska, & Stefan Voigt, The comparative constitutional compliance database
- Magnus Lundgren, Theresa Squatrito, Thomas Sommerer & Jonas Tallberg, Introducing the Intergovernmental Policy Output Dataset (IPOD)
- Sandra Lavenex, Philipp Lutz, & Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Migration governance through trade agreements: insights from the MITA dataset
New Issue: Journal of International Arbitration
The latest issue of the Journal of International Arbitration (Vol. 41, no. 1, 2024) is out. Contents include:- Gauthier Vannieuwenhuyse, Exploring the Suitability of Arbitration for Settling ESG and Human Rights Disputes
- Bas van Zelst, Dealing with Accusations of Illegality in International Arbitration: Dutch Perspectives on the Interaction Between Private Law and Criminal Law Standards
- Panfeng Fu, The Complex and Evolving Legal Status of Ad Hoc Arbitration in China
- Sherif Elatafy, The Distinctive Aspects of Institutional Arbitration Under Egyptian Law
Call for Nominations: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Director)
Sunday, January 14, 2024
New Issue: Global Trade and Customs Journal
The latest issue of Global Trade and Customs Journal (Vol. 19, no. 2, 2024) is out. Contents include:- Fernando Piérola, Multilateral Trade Moves Ahead: Forward: A Multilateral Trade Perspective
- Christian Vidal-León, The Second Wave of the Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Overcapacity, Overfishing, and Other Disciplines
- Elena Bertola, Jaime Coghi, & Markus Jelitto, Facilitating Services Trade Through the Adoption of Good Regulatory Practices: The New Reference Paper on Services Domestic Regulation
- Olga Falgueras del Álamo, Green Trade and Trade Greener: The Wto Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions
- Niall Meagher & Leah Buencamino, The ACWL: Enhancing the Accessibility of the WTO Legal System
- Pedro Bravo, WTO, Women’s Empowerment and Financial Inclusion
- Hiromi Yano, Rebalancing the Trading Scale?: Recent Trends in the Implementation of Article 8 of the Safeguards Agreement
- Willie Shumba, The International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System: Legal Pillar Behind the Harmonized System
Gantz & Payan: The Future of Trade: A North American Perspective
This critical book assesses the current trade policy challenges facing the US and offers a series of recommendations which, if implemented, have the potential to improve both US domestic trade policy and international/foreign policy. Focusing on the reform of the WTO, the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the continuing rivalry between the US and China, The Future of Trade crucially advances the ongoing dialogue between US governments and stakeholders.
This timely analysis proposes a clear, dynamic and comprehensive series of recommendations through an interdisciplinary approach analyzing law, economics and public policy in relation to the US home economy and its position in the global economic order. Chapters propose key suggestions, including rebuilding support for an open trading system; fostering integration between the United States, Canada and Mexico; and a restructuring of the WTO to create an equal system for all members. As many world powers retreat from globalization, David A. Gantz and Tony Payan argue that the US faces long-term challenges which will require effective non-controversial policy consensus at both a national and international level.














