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Improving Transparency, Information Flow and Monitoring in the WTO

Improving Transparency, Information Flow and Monitoring in the WTO

Analysing Current Proposals & Thinking “Outside the Box” Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2019 Beneficiary: Punta Del Este Group Executive Summary (Full report can be read here)** Transparency is crucial to all aspects of the WTO. It aids the administration of WTO agreements and disputes settlement, allows agenda setting for negotiation for new disciplines, and fosters trust between WTO Members by increasing predictability in trade relations. This report examines transparenc

The Availability of National Security Measures under WTO Law and Options for Response

The Availability of National Security Measures under WTO Law and Options for Response

Executive Summary (Summary of a project undertaken for Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada)* (Full report can be read here)** The seventy years following the establishment of the multilateral trading regime with the GATT 1947 have seen very few invocations of national security exceptions to treaty obligations. Recently, this trend has begun to change. The use of Article XXI of the GATT 1994 has seen a significant upswing during 2017 and 2018. The current flurry of trade-di

Negotiating Economic Integration Agreements

Negotiating Economic Integration Agreements

INDIA: APPROACH DOCUMENT FOR NEGOTIATING ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPING AND LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES Clinic: Georgetown University Law, Spring 2019 Beneficiary: Ikdhvaj Advisers LLP, New Delhi Executive Summary* (The full report can be read here) Since the opening up of India’s markets to foreign trade, the growth of India’s trade in services has been exponential and it became a leading exporter in trade in services in the world. Due to increased competition

Brexit and the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Brexit and the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Implications for the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada This memorandum has been prepared in the context of the United Kingdom (UK) providing notice to withdraw from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit, and the implications of this on the provisional application of the EU – Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) , and on the United Kingdom (UK) negotiating and concluding new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Most recently, the EU and Canada have

Issues and tensions in public procurement of 'green innovation': A cross-country study

Issues and tensions in public procurement of 'green innovation': A cross-country study

Executive Summary Public procurement for green innovation refers to tailoring public procurement policies in such a way as to promote green innovation within the wider economy. This study considers the nature of these policies, their legal limits, best practices, and how they have been implemented across a sample of four different OECD countries. The study begins with a general consideration of public procurement for green innovation and its component parts (i.e. green public

Services Trade under the East African Community Common Market Protocol

Services Trade under the East African Community Common Market Protocol

Memorandum for the International Trade Center Clinic: Georgetown University Law Center, Spring 2015 Beneficiary: International Law Center Executive Summary Read the full report here. The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda. The EAC countries established a Customs Union in 2005 and a Common Market in 2010. The next phase of the integra

The Regulation of Capital Flows

The Regulation of Capital Flows

Though deployed successfully in restoring markets after the 2008 Financial Crisis, recent unconventional monetary measures have generated spillovers. The prospect of their retraction (i.e receding liquidity) engenders further adverse spillovers. It is in containing such spillovers that capital flow measures (CFMs) may prove to be vital. This guide addresses the issue of incongruent regimes applicable to capital flow measures, with a focus on the International Monetary Fund’s

The consistency of capital flow regulation under the US Model BIT

The consistency of capital flow regulation under the US Model BIT

2012 vis-à-vis the IMF and the WTO Clinic: Graduate Institute, Spring 2015 Beneficiary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Summary The full report can be accessed and downloaded here. This guide addresses the incongruence in the need for capital flow measures (“CFMs”) as perceived by the IMF and their permissibility under international investment agreements (“IIAs”) and the WTO regime. CFMs would be essential to contain the effects of volatile capital flows – episode

Report on the Latest Draft Disciplines on Domestic Regulation

Clinic: Graduate Institute, Spring 2009 Executive Summary Full report available here. Since 2001, the Working Party on Domestic Regulation has been engaged in the negotiating process for future disciplines under GATS Article VI:4. While there has been plenty of progress, many questions still persist before the final draft becomes a reality. The biggest hurdle remains in finding the appropriate balance between the liberalization objectives of the GATS and respect for member co