Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2021 Beneficiary: Confidential Non-Confidential Summary This report contains an advisory handbook to assist a country in its negotiations for the drafting of the investment chapter of a free trade agreement that is under negotiation. This handbook is meant to serve as an aid for the beneficiary’s negotiators in the drafting of the investment chapter of the free trade agreement. Specifically, this handbook concent

Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2021 Beneficiary: The Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP) Executive Summary Read the full report here. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides for the Protocol on Rules and Procedures on the Settlement of Disputes to foster a predictable and accountable dispute settlement process. This is largely inspired by the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM), a model that African countries have a

Under the Paris Agreement Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2021 Beneficiary: Trade and Environment Division of the WTO Executive Summary Read the full report here. This report identifies synergies between trade agreements and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. More specifically, it analyzes how provisions in existing trade agreements can be leveraged to help countries achieve the goals they have submitted under the Paris Agreement. Specifically