Trade-Restrictive Measures (TRM) are an area of huge concern to importers and exporters in African Union Least Developed Countries (AU LDCs) located in Sub-Saharan Africa. This report identifies and analyses discriminatory government policies that adversely affect AU LDCs over the period 2009 to 2017 by using the Global Trade Alert database, a database that collects information on trade-discriminatory measures implemented by countries worldwide. The research by the students s

Microsoft has proposed a Digital Convention on cyber security and this commentary seeks to evaluate the inputs made in the proposal and how these inputs could inform future efforts in the field of cyber governance. The first part of the research presents the Microsoft proposal, and the way in which some of the legal gaps that it highlights could be filled by existing international law principles. The second part underlines that the Microsoft proposal is relevant to the behavi

The International Economic Law Practicum at Georgetown University Law Center runs during the spring semester every year. This year, Professors Jennifer Hillman, Katrin Kuhlmann, and Joost Pauwelyn will supervise and guide the students as they work on the following projects for a wide range of beneficiaries: 1. World Bank, Washington, D.C. The project requires students to find ways to code and identify main trends in migration-related provisions found in around 90 Preferenti

The original TradeLab Clinic has been running at the Graduate Institute since 2008. During the fall semester of 2017, student teams worked on five unique projects for various beneficiaries and were supervised by Professors Joost Pauwelyn, Edward KwaKwa, Fuad Zarbiyev and Dr Michael Kende. One of the student teams discussed and evaluated the Digital Geneva Convention proposed by Microsoft on the issue of cybersecurity for the Directorate General for Economic Development, Resea

Students presenting their findings at the MC11 Think Conference in Buenos Aires (above) Two students enrolled in the TradeLab International Economic Law Clinic at The Graduate Institute, Geneva, had the opportunity to present their research in Buenos Aires at the MC11 Think Conference. The students, Olayinka Oladeji and Vincent Beyer presented a Policy Brief on ‘What holds back African LDC Exports?: Translating Global Trade Alert Data into a Positive Trade Agenda for Africa’.

The TradeLab Articles of Association were amended by the General Assembly at the General Meeting held on November 30th, 2017. The key changes by way of the amendment are: 1. Membership of TradeLab is open only to participating institutions, i.e., the universities/centres that participate or want to participate in a legal clinic or practicum and become a part of the TradeLab network (art. 5). The current member institutions are: Georgetown University, School of Foreign Ser

A customized report in Spanish for the COOMERSA, a cooperative of raw sugar producers based in Salamina, Caldas, Colombia. At the request of COOMERSA, the report indulges in a detailed analysis of its business structure, operation, marketing methods and its compliance with the Colombian domestic regulation. The due diligence report also includes an assessment of the Colombian export regime and the international standards applicable to COOMERSA in order to devise an effective