11 Dec 2024

Working Papers

Women’s representation at the international level: empirical analysis of the implementation of arts. 7 and 8 of the CEDAW

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development. Despite significant progress in recent decades, women remain underrepresented in diplomatic and other leadership positions at the international level, …

10 Dec 2024

Journal Articles

Process Failure: What Does the Lack of Appellate Review Mean for Due Process of Law in WTO Disputes?

Due process is a central principle in most domestic legal systems and international dispute settlement, although its contours are nebulous, and its application is highly contextual. The purpose of this article is to …

6 Dec 2024

Journal Articles

Possible Breaches and Possible Defences for Economic Sanctions Against Russia

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the time of writing, the fighting continues, with the frontlines constantly shifting, at the cost of several thousand lives, …

19 Nov 2024

Working Papers

Fair Use Versus Fair Dealing: An Examination of the South African Copyright Amendment Bill

Economic growth theory has since linked innovation to growth hence countries developed a system in which works of human ingenuity are protected through a system of intellectual property rights,[1] which from a copyright …

19 Nov 2024

Working Papers

White Paper on Data Governance for Trade Facilitation - Various Laws Around Data Governance

Chapter by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and joint Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University Centre for AI and Data Governance/Centre for Computational Law, published on November 7, 2024 by the United Nations …

30 Oct 2024

Working Papers

The Far Side of Women’s Participatory Rights as the Dark Side of the Moon: The Unseen Article 8 CEDAW

The present research started from the legal analysis of women’s participatory rights in leadership positions in public and political life, as enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination …

22 Oct 2024

Working Papers

Navigating the AI Frontier in International Trade Law

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping various facets of social, political and economic life. Within this transformative paradigm, both international organizations and national governments are actively formulating guidelines and regulations to govern the …

16 Oct 2024

Policy briefs

Pursuing Environmental and Social Objectives through Trade Agreements

Using a data set covering more than 120 countries spanning several decades, this paper employs a synthetic difference in difference estimator to study whether non-trade provisions on labor standards, environmental protection and civil …

16 Oct 2024

Working Papers, Reports/ Presentations

Space Pirates, or, Subsidizing Industrial Sabotage in Outer Space

Much like the exploitation of global trade by the first multinationals, early space commerce has the potential to lead to significant conflict as privateers seek to use force to capture resources from others. …

14 Oct 2024

Other

Discussion paper on the feasibility of changes in trade relations and instruments

We place the question of change feasibility in the general context of food sustainability governance. Regrettably, our feasibility assessment must take account of SDG setbacks, the WTO and Climate Agreement sustainability gaps, structural …

26 Sep 2024

Working Papers

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) put to the test of geostrategic tensions and the upsurge of industrial policies

According to the prevailing paradigm at the end of the Cold War, the opening of markets and international cooperation were not only vectors of prosperity but also of systemic rapprochement in both economic …

10 Sep 2024

Other

Die Schweiz geht mit Indien eine Wette ein

Das neue Abkommen der Efta mit Indien ist ein Bruch mit traditionellen Handelsverträgen. Mondflug, Aufstieg zum bevölkerungsreichsten Land der Welt, exzellente Wachstumsprognosen: Die Rede ist von Indien, das eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle auf …

3 Sep 2024

Books/ Book Chapters

Empirical Dimensions of Investment Awards

This chapter provides an empirical evaluation of awards in investor-state arbitration, including both internal and external elements.

2 Sep 2024

Working Papers

The Uncertain Future of WTO Dispute Settlement: An Appraisal of the February 2024 Consolidated Text Resulting from the Molina Process on Dispute Settlement Reform

The paper focuses, in particular, on the proposed changes regarding alternative dispute resolution and arbitration, panel proceedings, compliance, guidelines for adjudicators, procedures to discuss legal interpretations, Secretariat support, transparency, accessibility, technical assistance, capacity …

2 Sep 2024

Working Papers

Les mesures temporaires spéciales et leurs effets sur la participation politique des femmes en Afrique

Le violet est devenu le symbole de la lutte pour les droits des femmes.

30 Jul 2024

Working Papers

Reimagining Sustainable Space Mining with Due Diligence

WTI Working Paper No. 1/2024 by Aylin Yildiz Noorda, Ksenia Polonskaya, and Merve Erdem Burger

11 Jun 2024

Other

Novel Approaches in Sustainable Food Trade

Blog by Christian Häberli (PhD, Law, WTI, MATS)

27 May 2024

Journal Articles

Limited home state measures in the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement: a missed opportunity or a starting point?

Dr Rodrigo Polanco is a WTI Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Academic Coordinator and Advanced Master Programmes Coordinator

7 May 2024

Other

Simplifying International Trade with Single Windows

Article by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University Centre for AI and Data Governance/Centre for Computational Law, published on May 1, 2024 by the Forum for International …

25 Apr 2024

Journal Articles, Other

The Ties that Bind: Immigration and the Global Political Economy

Book Review by WTI Senior Research Fellow, Marion Panizzon, for the Journal "International Relations of the Asia-Pacific".

25 Apr 2024

Books/ Book Chapters

Of patterns, processes and priorities: what the Global Compact for Migration Means by ‘aligning’ partnerships to the UN Agenda 2030

Book chapter by WTI Senior Research Fellow, Marion Panizzon, together with Prof. Luzia Jurt, FHNW, in the Edward Elgar Companion to Migration and Sustainable Development (2024) edited by Nicola Piper and Kavita Datta.

19 Mar 2024

Journal Articles

Why is there no investor-state dispute settlement in RCEP? Bargaining and Contestation in the Investment Regime

WTI’s researchers co-authored a new article in the Business and Politics journal in open access. Check it out!

14 Mar 2024

Journal Articles

Patterns of regulatory heterogeneity in international trade: Intensity, coverage, and structure

A new paper by Irene Garcés and Achim Vogt, WTI Researchers, published in "Review of International Economics" published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2024

11 Mar 2024

Books/ Book Chapters

Human Rights and Unilateral Economic Sanctions: A New Perspective on a Twisted Relationship

Latest article by Dr Iryna Bogdanova, WTI’s Postdoctoral Researcher in the European Yearbook on Human Rights 2023

31 Jan 2024

Books/ Book Chapters

Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law

Prof Em Thomas Cottier, Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and Dr Rodrigo Polanco - all associated with the WTI - are editors of the new vastly expanded edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic …

19 Jan 2024

Journal Articles

Global value chain integration and non-tariff measures

A new paper by Irene Garcés and Achim Vogt, WTI Researchers, published on Economic Letters, Volume 235, 2024

16 Jan 2024

Books/ Book Chapters

Use of the immobilized Russian Central Bank assets to rebuild Ukraine: between political will and legal hurdles

Book chapter by Dr Iryna Bogdanova in the European Central Bank Legal Conference Book 2023 "Treading softly: How central banks are addressing current global challenges"

28 Dec 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Embracing gender parity at International and European level

Book chapter by Prof Elisa Fornalé in "Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. A Commentary on the Istanbul Convention." edited by Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli, Elgar Commentaries in …

28 Dec 2023

Journal Articles

Slow violence, gender and climate agency in times of ‘polycrisis’.

Article by Prof Elisa Fornalé in "Revista General de Derecho Europeo”, n. 61, 2023

28 Dec 2023

Journal Articles

Vulnerability, Intertemporality, and Climate Litigation

Article by Prof Elisa Fornalé in Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 41:4, 357-377

20 Dec 2023

Journal Articles

El Desarrollo Sostenible en los Acuerdos de Inversión Suscritos por Chile (Sustainable Development in Chile‘s Investment Agreements)

Article by Dr Rodrigo Polanco, WTI Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Academic Coordinator, Advanced Master Programmes, published in Revista Justicia Ambiental, N° 15 (Diciembre 2023), pp. 117-157. Open Access. Original language: Spanish.

19 Dec 2023

Reports/ Presentations

MATS Report: "Year Three of Russia’s Aggression. Production and Trade Risks for Global Food Security."

Today we publish the December report on the outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa”. This report concludes the research project.

13 Dec 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Investment facilitation at the WTO: What's old? What's new? What's missing?

Chapter by Dr Rodrigo Polanco, co-authored with Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle, part of the book “The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization”, edited by Julien Chaisse and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle, published by Edward Elgar.

5 Dec 2023

Other

Unpacking the Digital Transformation of Trade

Article by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University Centre for AI and Data Governance/Centre for Computational Law, published on November 29, 2023 by the Forum for International …

5 Dec 2023

Working Papers

The Role of Multilateral Institutions in the Perpetuation of Climate Breakdown and Vulnerability

WTI Working Paper No. 7/2023 by Sean Madden

21 Nov 2023

Working Papers

EU Imported Biodiversity Loss - The Gaps and Overlaps Between Trade Impact and Provisions on Biodiversity in EU Free Trade Agreements

WTI Working Paper No. 13/2023 by Justine Muller

21 Nov 2023

Working Papers

A TWAIL Approach to Reforming the International Investment Regime

WTI Working Paper No. 14/2023 by Olufunmilola Olabode

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

The Depoliticization of Investment Disputes – How Deep Does the “Rabbit Hole” Go?

WTI Working Paper No. 09/2023 by Gautam Mohanty and Alexandros Bakos

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

The OECD Good Regulatory Practices toolbox and Brazil's reform through transnational lenses

WTI Working Paper No. 06/2023 by Magali Favaretto Prieto Fernandes

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Agreements at the Service of ‘Common Interest’

WTI Working Paper No. 10/2023 by Christiana Agbo-Ejeh

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

E-commerce Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements and what they mean for African MSMEs

WTI Working Paper No. 08/2023 by Martin Luther Munu

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

Energy Transit under GATT Article V and Energy Trade Dispute Resolution in the WTO

WTI Working Paper No. 11/2023 by Michail Skouzes

17 Nov 2023

Working Papers

MFN Dilemma in India’s DTAAs Post Concentrix Ruling: A Ticking Time Bomb

WTI Working Paper No. 12/2023 by Saurabh Sharma and Mukesh Rawat

7 Nov 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Three generations of digital trade provisions in preferential trade agreements

Dr. Rodrigo Polanco's Chapter 3 of the volume "Research Handbook on Digital Trade", Edited by David Collins and Michael Geist, Edward Elgar Publishing, 17 October 2023

12 Oct 2023

Working Papers

The Establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court: Lessons Learned from the WTO

Winner of the 2022 Thomas Cottier Award for Best Thesis, we publish Fatih A. Abraham's Master Thesis as WTI Working Paper No. 04/2023

12 Oct 2023

Working Papers

Agricultural Subsidies in the Economy of Ecuador – An Assessment of Impact Through CGE Modelling

Winner of the 2022 Thomas Cottier Award for Best Thesis, we publish Gabriela García Merchán's Master Thesis as WTI Working Paper No. 05/2023

10 Oct 2023

Reports/ Presentations

MATS Report: "Ukrainian Commodities for Global Food Security and Ukrainian Farmer Security"

Today we publish the October report on the outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa”

6 Oct 2023

Reports/ Presentations

Principles of International Law Relevant for Consideration in the Design and Implementation of Trade-Related Climate Measures and Policies

A new TESS report, offering guidance for governments and stakeholders. Among the authors, and on the group of experts, also our Director of Studies.

6 Oct 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

A Portrait of Trade in Cultural Goods: in respect of the WTO and the UNESCO Instruments in the Context of Hard-Law and Soft-Law

Dr Hassan Fartousi, research fellow at the WTI, publishes his book "A Portrait of Trade in Cultural Goods", Theses Series No. 40, Geneva: Globethics Publications, 2023. 493p.

4 Oct 2023

Working Papers

Can the WTO Dispute Settlement System Be Revived?

Options for Addressing a Major Governance Failure of the World Trade Organization. WTI Working Paper No. 03/2023 by Prof Peter Van den Bossche

4 Oct 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

China’s Use of Export Restrictions and WTO Law: Heading toward “Weaponization” of Exports?

This chapter, written by WTi's researcher Dr Iryna Bogdanova, is part of the book "China and the WTO: A Twenty-Year Assessment", published open access by Cambridge University Press and edited by Henry Gao, …

15 Sep 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

China and the WTO: A Twenty-Year Assessment

Edited volume from the 2021 World Trade Forum

15 Sep 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Introduction. China’s 20-Year Engagement with the WTO: Opportunities, Challenges, and Responses

The introductory chapter of the book China and the WTO: A Twenty-Year Assessment, written by Henry Gao, Damian Raess, Ka Zeng

17 Aug 2023

Policy briefs

Leveraging Electronic Documents for Sustainable Agricultural Trade

Digital technology can provide much needed answers to questions surrounding technical barriers to trade and capacity of small businesses to navigate stringent requirements. But the shift toward cross-border paperless trade is laden with …

4 Aug 2023

Reports/ Presentations

MATS Report: "Weaponization of Grain Trade increased"

Today we publish the July report on the outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa”

25 Jul 2023

Journal Articles

Disentangling public opposition to Chinese FDI: trade unions, patient capital, and members’ preferences over FDI inflows

A new article by Damian Raess, Senior Researcher at the World Trade Institute, published on the European Journal of International Relations

13 Jul 2023

Journal Articles

Trust in disaster resilience

A new article published by WTI's Prof Elisa Fornalé in the Journal "Disaster Prevention and Management", Emerald Publishing

30 Jun 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Women’s Empowerment and Its Limits

Edited by WTI's Professor Elisa Fornalé, this book integrates interdisciplinary insights from across Sociology, Gender Studies, Law, Politics and Economics. It provides unique insights on gender in the context of climate change and …

6 Jun 2023

Reports/ Presentations

MATS Report: "Trade under War Conditions. Insecurity Decreases Ukrainian Revenues and Market Shares"

Today we publish the May report on the outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa”

6 Jun 2023

Journal Articles

The Impact of Digitalization on International Investment Law: Are Investment Treaties Analogue or Digital?

A new article by WTI Senior Researcher, Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Dr Rodrigo Polanco, in the German Law Journal, 24(3), 574-588

2 Jun 2023

Journal Articles

Who drives the international standardisation of telecommunication and digitalisation? Introducing a new data set

In a new publication in Global Policy, our WTI non-residential fellow Sebastian Klotz explores this question.

1 Jun 2023

Journal Articles

A Ricardian Trade Structure in CGE: Modeling Eaton-Kortum Based Trade with GTAP

23 May 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

EU Investment Policy: Regional Convergence or International Standards?

New publication by Dr Rodrigo Polanco, WTI's Academic Coordinator, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, part of the volume "Standardising the World. EU Trade Policy and the Road to Convergence" edited by Francesco Duina and …

23 May 2023

Journal Articles

Through the Looking-Glass: The IOM Recasting the Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Narrative at the UN and in West Africa

Marion Panizzon, Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute, publishes together with Luzia Jurt a new article in "Geopolitics"

16 May 2023

Journal Articles

A Legal-Technical Basis for a Computational Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreement

Article by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Singapore Management University's Yong Pung How School of Law, published by the Stanford –Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum in the Transatlantic Antitrust …

4 May 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move

Providing Protection under International Law. Series: World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Volume: 11

4 May 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

The Interpretation and Application of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause in Investment Arbitration

Series: World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Volume: 12

4 May 2023

Books/ Book Chapters

Patent Exhaustion and International Trade Regulation

Series: World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Volume: 13

12 Apr 2023

Reports/ Presentations

MATS Report: "Weaponization of Grain Trade. War Impacts on Ukraine’s Production and Market Shares"

Today the March report on the outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa” is published.

12 Apr 2023

Working Papers

Reflections on Geopolitics

A new WTI Working Paper by Prof Manfred Elsig

9 Mar 2023

Reports/ Presentations

February 2023 report on the progress of Ukrainian grains exports to Africa

A new updated report as part of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine-Africa". Title "Lower World Market Prices. Will Ukraine lose market shares in Africa?"

1 Mar 2023

Journal Articles

Trade and Sustainable Development: Non-Economic Objectives in the Theory of Economic Policy

While the theory of economic policy offers a potential framework for thinking about the joint pursuit of economic objectives (EOs) and non-economic objectives (NEOs), over time the theory of economic policy was formalized …

9 Feb 2023

Reports/ Presentations

January 2023 report on the progress of Ukrainian grains exports to Africa

A new updated report as part of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine-Africa”. Title "Ukraine’s grain exports reach Africa again, despite many obstacles reducing producer income."

31 Jan 2023

Working Papers

Politicization of the 5G Rollout: Litigation Way for Huawei?

WTI Working Paper No. 01/2023 by Iryna Bogdanova

24 Jan 2023

Policy briefs

Policy brief: Politicization of the 5G: Divergent Policy Responses and Huawei’s Litigation Strategy

New policy brief by Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Iryna Bogdanova on the politicisation of the fifth-generation wireless (5G) and the legal battles of Chinese technology giant, Huawei.

11 Jan 2023

Journal Articles

International human rights law and the detention of asylum seekers

New article by Curtis Doebbler and WTI's Professor Elisa Fornalé in American Immigration Law Journal, vol. 4, No.2, October 2022, pp. 171-188.

11 Jan 2023

Reports/ Presentations

December report on progress of Ukrainian grains exports to Africa

A new updated report as part of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa”. Ukraine’s Grain Production and Shipments almost back to Normal despite Continuous Risks. Competitor Subsidies and Insurance …

23 Dec 2022

Journal Articles

South to north investment linkages and decent work in Brazil

New article by Dr. Damian Raess and Patrick Wagner in LABOUR, Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations published by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

13 Dec 2022

Journal Articles

The ‘inconfinables’ or the creation of superfluous life in time of crisis

Article in Migration Letters, 19(6), 739–749, by Odasso Laura and Fornalé Elisa

13 Dec 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Gli ‘inconfinabili’: L’eccezione che conferma la regola?

Book chapter "Gli ‘inconfinabili’: L’eccezione che conferma la regola?" by Fornalé Elisa and Odasso Laura in Ambrosini M., D'Amico M., Perassi E. (eds), Confini, Migrazioni, Diritti Umani, Milano University Press, 2022, 239-263.

13 Dec 2022

Journal Articles

Sustainable management of fisheries resources in a time of climate change: An overview of initiatives in the Mediterranean Region

Article by Prof- Elisa Fornalé in "The Italian Yearbook of International Law Online", 31(1), 171-187.

6 Dec 2022

Journal Articles

Main Act or Side Show? Model Agreements by International Institutions and Their Reuse in Investment Treaty Texts

A new article in the Journal of International Economic Law, written by Wolfgang Alschner, Manfred Elsig and Simon Wüthrich.

23 Nov 2022

Working Papers

Pursuing Environmental and Social Objectives through Trade Agreements

WTI working paper No. 08/2022 by Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman, Miriam Manchin and Filippo Santi

22 Nov 2022

Working Papers

Sustainable Development in Chilean International Investment Agreements

WTI Working Paper No. 07/2022 by Rodrigo Polanco.

2 Nov 2022

Working Papers

Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?

WTI Working Paper No. 05/2022 by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig, Patrick Tomberger

2 Nov 2022

Working Papers

The EU Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): An Analysis under WTO and Climate Change Law

WTI Working Paper No. 06/2022 by Ilaria Espa, Joseph Francois and Harro van Asselt

7 Oct 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Unilateral Sanctions in International Law and the Enforcement of Human Rights

The Impact of the Principle of Common Concern of Humankind. Series: World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Volume: 9

24 Sep 2022

Journal Articles

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A WTO Perspective

A new article in Global Trade and Customs Journal, written by our very own MILE 19 alumna and PhD candidate, Yuliia Kucheriava

13 Sep 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Gender Equality in the Mirror

Reflecting on Power, Participation and Global Justice. This book is edited by Elisa Fornalé. Ph.D, SNSF Professor and Gender Coordinator at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern.

18 Aug 2022

Journal Articles

Methane emissions: Not just some other guy

New column on WoxEU by WTI's Director and Researchers Octavio Fernández-Amador, ​​​​​​​Joseph Francois, Doris Oberdabernig, Patrick Tomberger

26 Jul 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Implementing the AfCFTA: A Simple, Scalable, and Fast Computational Approach for Algorithmic Governance

Book chapter co-authored by Craig Atkinson - former Visiting Research Fellow at the WTI - in a new book on "Sustainable Development in Post-Pandemic Africa".

21 Jul 2022

Reports/ Presentations

Ukraine - Initial Market Survey: Main Agrifood Exports from Ukraine to Africa

Report of the first outcome of the project "Repairing Broken Food Trade Routes Ukraine – Africa". It provides an amazing overview of the pre-war Ukraine's exports of wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil.

21 Jul 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

International Arbitration in Times of Economic Nationalism

International Arbitration in Times of Economic Nationalism is a well-timed book that reviews situations that may impact the way arbitration—in both commercial and investment disputes—is practiced. In recent years, numerous developments across the …

22 Jun 2022

Journal Articles

Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move: Providing Protection under International Law

World Trade Institute Advanced Studies Series, Brill (22 December 2022)

3 Jun 2022

Working Papers

Towards foreign direct investment for development in the host state? Revisiting charter cities

Professor Malebakeng Forere, from the University of the Witwatersrand, and non-resident fellow at the World Trade Institute, writes on Charter Cities and the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on urban development in …

2 Jun 2022

Journal Articles

The Follow-up and Review Mechanisms of the Global Compacts: What Room Is There for Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change?

MDPI Special Issue: Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of the Global Compacts

30 May 2022

Policy briefs

Policy brief: Switzerland-based private sustainability standards and WTO law

This policy brief is based on the document Switzerland-based private sustainability standards and WTO law, WTI Working Paper No. 02/2022 by Ilaria Espa and Brigitta Imeli.

20 May 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

The Promise of TradeTech: Policy Approaches to Harness Trade Digitalization

Report co-published by the World Trade Organization and the World Economic Forum in April 2022 featuring WTI-affiliated drafters/coordinators, contributors, and reviewers (Jimena Sotelo, Craig Atkinson and Mira Burri).

18 May 2022

Journal Articles

Hidden Strings Attached? Chinese (Commercially-oriented) Foreign Aid and International Political Alignment

Does Chinese foreign aid buy votes in the UN General Assembly and if so how? Journal article published in Foreign Policy Analysis (Oxford University Press).

20 Apr 2022

Reports/ Presentations

Vunidogoloa village (2006-2014): The first climate-induced community relocation in Fiji

Article in the Geo Archives of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, as a part of the research project titled Climate Security with Local Authorities

12 Apr 2022

Journal Articles

Sustainable Finance: No Time to Rest on our ESG Journey

Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws

18 Mar 2022

Other

The contours of an interim trade agreement

Opinion piece by MILE 22 student Anurag Sehgal published on The Hindu Business Line (2022).

18 Mar 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Taking a Common Concern Approach to Economic Inequality

Book by Alexander Beyleveld, published by Brill Nijhoff as part of the World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Vol. 6 (2022).

18 Mar 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Evidence on the impact of labor provisions in preferential trade agreements

Book chapter by Damian Raess published in Kimberly A. Elliott (ed.), Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards, published by Edward Elgar Publishing (2022).

9 Mar 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Monetary Stability as a Common Concern in International Law

Book by Lucia Satragno, published by Brill Nijhoff as part of the World Trade Institute Advanced Studies, Vol. 7 (2022).

7 Mar 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

International investment and human rights in Latin America: A quest for balance

Book chapter by Rodrigo Polanco and Felipe Ferreira published in Sufyan Droubi and Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo (Eds.), Latin America and international investment law. A mosaic of resistance, published by Manchester University Press, …

2 Mar 2022

Working Papers

Multinational Corporations and Governance of Political Activity

WTI Working Paper No. 03/2022 by Aydin Yildirim

28 Feb 2022

Other

WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism - Indian experience & best practices!

Article by MILE 22 student Anurag Sehgal published on Research Gate (2022)

2 Feb 2022

Working Papers

Switzerland-based private sustainability standards and WTO law

WTI Working Paper No. 02/2022 by Ilaria Espa and Brigitta Imeli

1 Feb 2022

Other

Climate Change Inaction and Children’s Rights

Blog post by Prof. Elisa Fornalé and Tamara Köhler, edited by Nadini Dwivedi, in Jurist: Legal News & Commentary (2021)

27 Jan 2022

Other

Unilateral Cyber Sanctions and Global Cybersecurity Law-Making

Blog post by María Vásquez Callo-Müller and Dr Iryna Bogdanova in Opinio Juris (2022)

25 Jan 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

The TRIPS Agreement and WTO Dispute Settlement: Past, Present and Future

Book chapter by Peter Van den Bossche published in Christopher Heath and Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Eds.), 25 Years of the TRIPS Agreement - Past, Present, Future, published by Kluwer Law International B.V., pp. …

24 Jan 2022

Books/ Book Chapters

Trade and Environmental Law

Edited book by (eds.) Panagiotis Delimatsis and Leonie Reins, published by Edward Elgar Publishing as part of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law series, Vol. XI (2021).

17 Jan 2022

Working Papers

Is there a Future for the WTO Appellate Body and WTO Dispute Settlement?

WTI Working Paper No. 01/2022 by Peter Van den Bossche

12 Jan 2022

Journal Articles

Food Crises (cont’d): What’s Wrong with Trade and Investment Rules?

Journal article by Christian Häberli in Trade, Law and Development Vol. 13 (2), pp. 264-316, published by the National Law University in Jodhpur, India (2021).

5 Jan 2022

Journal Articles

Do methane emissions converge? Evidence from global panel data on production- and consumption-based emissions

Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger in Empirical Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02162-9 (2021).

30 Dec 2021

Other

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism + WTO = Impasse Totale?

Policy Brief by Christian Häberli published by the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics (2021).

15 Dec 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization

Book (5th edition) by Peter Van den Bossche and Werner Zdouc, published by Cambridge University Press (2021), 1170p.

15 Dec 2021

Other

Gender parity and small businesses: What role for the Trade Agenda?

Blog post by Paula Busch, Federica Cristani and Elisa Fornalé in "Trade Forum", the online magazine run and published by the International Trade Centre (ITC)

14 Dec 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

Clausulas Paraguas

Book chapter by Rodrigo Polanco and Jorge Manrique de Lara in José Manuel Álvarez Zárate and Maciej Zenkiewicz (Eds.), El derecho internacional de las inversiones - Desarrollo actual de normas y principios, published …

30 Nov 2021

Journal Articles

Unilateral Cyber Sanctions: Between Questioned Legality and Normative Value

Journal Article by Iryna Bogdanova and María Vásquez Callo-Müller in The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Vol. 54 (911), pp. 912-954 (2021).

25 Nov 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

Voluntary Sustainability Standards - Illusions of Progress and a Way Forward

Book by Arpit Bhutani and Ulrich Hoffmann, published by Peter Lang (2021).

11 Nov 2021

Other

Per la nostra vita pubblica

Blog post (in Italian) by Elisa Fornalé published in InGenere (2021)

28 Oct 2021

Working Papers

The Demise of the WTO Appellate Body: Lessons for Governance of International Adjudication?

WTI Working Paper No. 02/2021 by Peter Van den Bossche

21 Oct 2021

Other

Global Energy Activities in the COVID-19 and the Post-COVID-19 Periods: Brief Discussion

Conference Paper by Boris Biksadsky presented in February this year at the International Conference on the Foreign Economic Activity during the COVID-19 Period, organised by the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry …

19 Oct 2021

Journal Articles

Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Unfolding Ukraine's Trade Potential with the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement

Journal Article by Iryna Bogdanova in East/West:Journal of Ukrainian Studies (EWJUS) Vol. 8 (2), pp. 151-191 (2021).

13 Oct 2021

Policy briefs

Agricultural Trade in a Post-Pandemic World

Policy Brief by Priyadarshi Dash, Ilaria Espa, Facundo Gonzalez Sembla, Christian Häberli, Shreya Kansal and Olayinka Idowu Kareem, published in G20 Insights (2021).

21 Sep 2021

Journal Articles

Augmenting MSME Participation in Trade with Policy Digitalisation Efforts: Chile’s Contribution to ‘An Internet of Rules’

Journal Article by Craig Atkinson and Nicholás Schubert in a Special Issue (Summer 2021) of Trade, Law and Development on 'Trade and Technology: Rebooting Global Trade for the Digital Millennium', 13(1) TRADE L. …

13 Aug 2021

Reports/ Presentations

Book Review: Sanctions with Chinese Characteristics: Rhetoric and Restraint in China’s Diplomacy

Book review of Angela Poh's "Sanctions with Chinese Characteristics: Rhetoric and Restraint in China’s Diplomacy" (published by Amsterdam University Press) by Iryna Bogdanova, published in the South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume …

9 Aug 2021

Other

Left-wing austerity during international crises – it’s the financial markets, stupid!

Blog post by Damian Raess published by The Loop, ECPR’s Political Science Blog (2021)

5 Aug 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

International Economic Dispute Settlement: Demise or Transformation?

Edited book associated with the 2019 World Trade Forum by (eds.) Manfred Elsig, Rodrigo Polanco and Peter Van den Bossche, published by Cambridge University Press (2021)

3 Aug 2021

Working Papers

Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?

WTI Working Paper No. 01/2021 by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger

3 Aug 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration – Current Status, Development and Cases Involving Mining Disputes

Book chapter by Boris Biksadsky, Stefano Paolo Catelani and Vernon T. Nava in Cory H. Kent, Shaheeza Lalani, Georgios Petrochilos, and Andreas R. Ziegler (Eds.), Social License and Dispute Resolution in the Extractive …

12 Jul 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

Regulatory Convergence of Data Rules in Latin America (Open Access)

Book chapter by Rodrigo Polanco in M. Burri (Ed.), Big Data and Global Trade Law, published by Cambridge University Press (2021), pp. 268-300

9 Jul 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

Data Flow-Related Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements

Book chapter by Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz in Mira Burri (Ed.), Big Data and Global Trade Law, published by Cambridge University Press (2021), pp. 42-62

1 Jul 2021

Journal Articles

Front-of-package nutrition labelling in Latin America: review of the cases of Chile and Peru (Open Access)

Journal article by Sofia Boza, Rodrigo Polanco and Victor Saco in Boletim do Instituto de Saúde (BIS) Vol. 21 (1), pp. 141-150, published by Instituto de Saúde, Brazil (2021).

19 Jun 2021

Journal Articles

Globalization and Austerity: Flipping Partisan Effects on Fiscal Policy During (Recent) International Crises

Journal article by Damian Raess in Political Studies, pp. 1-27, published by SAGE (2021).

18 Jun 2021

Other

Are social clauses really just hidden protectionism?

Blog post by Damian Raess in Social Europe (2021)

18 Jun 2021

Journal Articles

Sustainable Development in Swiss International Investment Agreements

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco in the Swiss Review of International and European Law Vol. 31 (2), pp. 211-230, published by Schulthess (June 2021).

7 Jun 2021

Reports/ Presentations

WTO and Agriculture: Consequences of Doha for Developing Countries

Podcast Interview with WTI Fellow Christian Häberli by Master's students at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

29 May 2021

Journal Articles

Labor clauses in trade agreements: Hidden protectionism?

Journal article by Céline Carrère, Marcelo Olarreaga and Damian Raess in "The Review of International Organizations", published by Springer (2021).

1 May 2021

Journal Articles

Targeted Economic Sanctions and WTO Law: Examining the Adequacy of the National Security Exception

Journal article by Iryna Bogdanova in "Legal Issues of Economic Integration" Vol. 48 (2), pp. 171-200, published by Wolters Kluwer (Kluwer Law Online) (2021).

1 May 2021

Books/ Book Chapters

The Prospects of Common Concern of Humankind in International Law

Book by (eds.) Thomas Cottier and Zaker Ahmad, published by Cambridge University Press (2021).

31 Mar 2021

Other

Innovation, Digitalization and Skills Development for the Implementation of Objective 18

Blog post by Elisa Fornalé and Elias Bieri in the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration, published by the School of Advanced Study, University of London (2021)

29 Mar 2021

Other

Framing Labour Mobility, Investment Migration and Development Cooperation as Emerging Strategies to Implement Objectives 2 and 5 of the GCM

Blog post by Elisa Fornalé and Federica Cristani in the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI) Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration, published by the School of Advanced Study, University of London (2021)

22 Mar 2021

Journal Articles

La parità di genere nell’emergenza: un’analisi del carattere democratico-rappresentativo delle “task forces” alla luce del diritto internazionale

Journal article by Elisa Fornalé and Chiara Germano in "Gruppo di Pisa - Dibattito aperto sul Diritto e la Giustizia costituzionale", Issue 1 (2021), pp. 342-359, published by Associazione Gruppo di Pisa.

3 Mar 2021

Journal Articles

Common Concern of Humankind

Chapter in British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law (3 March 2021)

18 Feb 2021

Journal Articles

Challenged in Geneva: WTO Litigation Experience and the Design of Preferential Trade Agreements

Journal article by Manfred Elsig and Simon Wüthrich in "Business and Politics (B&P)", published online by Cambridge University Press (2021), pp. 1-20.

11 Feb 2021

Other

WTO and its role in reducing the economic shock of the pandemic

Article by Urvi Tembey published by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (2021).

9 Feb 2021

Journal Articles

Introducing the Electronic Database of Investment Treaties (EDIT): The Genesis of a New Database and Its Use

Journal article by Wolfgang Alschner, Manfred Elsig and Rodrigo Polanco in "World Trade Review" Vol. 20 (1), pp. 73-94 by Cambridge University Press (2021).

2 Feb 2021

Other

COVID-19 was a big test for UN migration initiatives. Did they succeed?

Blog post by Marion Panizzon published by Open Democracy (2021)

17 Dec 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Law and Practice of the Common Commercial Policy

Edited book (Vol. 18) in the "Studies in EU External Relations" series by (eds.) Michael Hahn and Guillaume Van der Loo, published by Brill | Nijhoff (2020).

11 Dec 2020

Journal Articles

A l’envers: Setting the Stage for a Protective Environment to Deal with ‘Climate Refugees’ in Europe

Journal Article by Elisa Fornalé in "European Journal of Migration and Law" Vol. 22 (4), pp. 518-540, published by Brill | Nijhoff (2020).

7 Dec 2020

Other

Enabling “Code is Law”: Computational approaches to trade and data regulation

Article by Craig Atkinson, published by the Stanford –Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum in the Transatlantic Antitrust and IPR Developments Bimonthly NewsletterIssue No. 2/2020 (November 17, 2020), pp. 45-48 (open access).

27 Nov 2020

Other

Armut, Arbeitslosigkeit und Hunger: Folgekrisen der Corona-Pandemie

Blog post (in German) by Marion Panizzon published by Plattform Agenda 2030 (2020)

20 Nov 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

The National Security Exception in International Trade Law Today: Can We Avoid Abuse?

Book chapter written by Peter Van den Bossche for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Society for Commercial Law; published in Vereeniging ‘Handelsrecht’, Preadviezen 2020: Toetsing van buitenlandse investeringen in geopolitiek en …

15 Oct 2020

Working Papers

Can Panels Save WTO?

Working Paper by Christian Häberli

14 Oct 2020

Reports/ Presentations

EU Trade and Investment Policy since the Treaty of Lisbon - Achievements and future priorities

Research Report by Guillaume Van der Loo and Michael Hahn for CEPS (October 2020).

14 Oct 2020

Working Papers

Digital trade rules in preferential trade agreements: Is there a WTO impact?

WTI Working Paper No. 04/2020 by Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz

5 Oct 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals - World Trade Forum

Edited book associated with the 2018 World Trade Forum by (eds.) Cosimo Beverelli, Jürgen Kurtz, Damian Raess, published by Cambridge University Press (2020).

1 Oct 2020

Journal Articles

Multinational Corporations and the Politics of International Trade in Multidisciplinary Perspective

Journal Article by Grace Ballor and Aydin Yildirim, published in 'Business and Politics' by Cambridge University Press (2020), pp. 1-14 (open access).

30 Sep 2020

Other

A data-driven Future for Trade Governance and Sustainable Development

Blog post by Craig Atkinson published by the United Nations World Data Forum (2020)

17 Sep 2020

Working Papers

Do methane emissions converge? Evidence from global panel data on production- and consumption-based emissions

WTI Working Paper No. 01/2020 by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger

15 Sep 2020

Working Papers

The Use and Abuse of the National Security Exception under Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

WTI Working Paper No. 03/2020 by Peter Van den Bossche and Sarah Akpofure

27 Aug 2020

Other

Donne al centro della ripartenza ("Putting women at the core of the post-covid-19 recovery strategy")

Article by Flavia Bustreo and Elisa Fornalé in inGenere (2020)

24 Aug 2020

Other

‘Rules as data’ – the 21st century answer for trade facilitation?

Blog post by Craig Atkinson co-published by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and the World Trade Organization (2020)

16 Aug 2020

Journal Articles

EU Trade and Non‐Trade Objectives: New Survey Evidence on Policy Design and Effectiveness

Journal Article by Aydin Yildirim, Robert Basedow, Matteo Fiorini and Bernard Hoekman in the Journal of Common Market Studies (2020)

4 Aug 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Labor Market Regulations

Book chapter by Damian Raess and Dora Sari in A. Mattoo, N. Rocha and M. Ruta (Eds.), Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements, published by the World Bank (2020), pp. 583-606

3 Aug 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Upping the Ante: The Movement of Natural Persons (Mode 4) and Non-Services Migration in EU and Asian PTAs

Chapter by Marion Panizzon and Harjodh Singh in Rhea Tamara Hoffmann and Markus Krajewski (eds.) "European Yearbook of International Economic Law", Special Issue, ‘Coherence and Divergence in Services Trade’, published by Springer International …

7 Jul 2020

Journal Articles

The Demand-Side Politics of China’s Global Buying Spree: Managers’ Attitudes toward Chinese Inward FDI Flows in Comparative Perspective

Journal Article by Prof. Dr. Damian Raess, published by Taylor & Francis and available online.

6 Jul 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Value Chains and WTO Disputes: Compliance at the dispute settlement mechanism

Book by Aydin Yildirim, published by Palgrave Macmillan (2020).

28 Jun 2020

Working Papers

The TRIPS Agreement and WTO Dispute Settlement: Past, Present and Future

WTI Working Paper No. 02/2020 by Peter Van den Bossche

26 Jun 2020

Other

From Smoot-Hawley to ‘America first’ and ‘strategic sovereignty’

Column by Koen Berden, Joseph Francois and Fredrik Erixon on VOX CEPR Policy Portal, published on 26 June 2020.

16 Jun 2020

Other

Advancing the digitalization of trade with partnerships: National Trade Facilitation Committees as a platform for policy modernization

Article by Craig Atkinson for the UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter (Nr. 86, Second Quarter 2020), published in June 2020.

15 Jun 2020

Other

Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient logistics

Blog post by Christian Häberli for the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition by FAO

1 May 2020

Other

Enhancing Trade Supply Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Blog post by Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman and Aydin Yildirim for Global Policy

1 May 2020

Other

Child Labour in Agriculture – Trade Issue

Blog post by Christian Häberli for the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition by FAO

30 Apr 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

COVID-19: Expanding access to essential supplies in a value chain world

Chapter by Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman and Aydin Yildirim in Richard Baldwin and Simon Evenett (eds.), COVID-19 and Trade Policy: Why Turning Inward Won’t Work, published by CEPR Press (2020), pp. 63-76

30 Apr 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

COVID-19: Export controls and international cooperation

Chapter by Matteo Fiorini, Bernard Hoekman and Aydin Yildirim in Richard Baldwin and Simon Evenett (eds.), COVID-19 and Trade Policy: Why Turning Inward Won’t Work, published by CEPR Press (2020), pp. 77-88

28 Apr 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Tax Treaty Arbitration - Chile

Chapter by Rodrigo Polanco, Felipe Yáñez and Cristóbal Pérez in Michael Lang, Jeffrey Owens, Pasquale Pistone, Alexander Rust, Josef Schuch, Claus Staringer and Alfred Storck (eds.), Tax Treaty Arbitration, published by IBFD (2020), …

20 Apr 2020

Other

Level playing field rules and labour protection

Blog post by Prof. Dr. Damian Raess in The UK in a Changing Europe

14 Apr 2020

Journal Articles

The methane footprint of nations: Stylized facts from a global panel dataset

Journal Article by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger in "Ecological Economics" Vol. 170 (International Society for Ecological Economics ISEE), published by Elsevier B.V. (open access)

7 Apr 2020

Other

Uncharted Territory: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Destabilizing the Borders of Our Freedoms

Commentary by Elisa Fornalé in JURIST | Legal News & Research, a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh

3 Apr 2020

Other

Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law, Research Handbooks in Climate Law

Book Review by Aylin Yildiz of the "Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law, Research Handbooks in Climate Law" by Benoît Mayer and François Crépeau (eds), in the International Journal of …

3 Mar 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Intra-Latin America Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Chapter by Rodrigo Polanco and Anqi Wang in Julien Chaisse, Leïla Choukroune, Sufian Jusoh (eds.), Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, published by Springer (2019), pp. 1-31

20 Feb 2020

Journal Articles

Seeking Domestic Approval: Determinants of Ratification Duration in International Trade

Article by Simon Wüthrich in Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR), February 2020.

17 Feb 2020

Journal Articles

Legal Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation During Ecuador's Earthquake

Article by Hugo Cahueñas in "Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting" Vol. 113 (American Society of International Law), published by Cambridge University Press, pp. 133-136

14 Feb 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Environmental Migration Governance at Regional Level

Chapter by Elisa Fornalé in Tim Krieger (ed.) Environment and Conflict: Exploring Interdependencies (with Cristani and Lavenex) (2020)

4 Feb 2020

Journal Articles

Digital Trade Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements: Introducing a New Dataset

Article and new dataset by Mira Burri and Rodrigo Polanco for the Journal of International Economic Law (open access)

8 Jan 2020

Books/ Book Chapters

Regional Integration: The Next Wave

Chapter by Marion Jansen, Sebastian Klotz and Jasmeer Virdee in Andreas Klasen (ed.) Handbook of Global Trade Policy, published by John Wiley & Sons (2020), pp. 270-307

7 Jan 2020

Other

How Home Country Measures Can Promote Foreign Direct Investment In Poor Economies

Op-ed piece by Rodrigo Polanco for Trade for Development News by EIF

2 Dec 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

Floating rights in times of environmental changes

Chapter by Prof. Elisa Fornalé in G. Cataldi, M. Corleto, M. Pace (eds.), Migrations and Fundamental Rights: the way forward, Editoriale Scientifica Napoli (2019), pp. 183-200

12 Nov 2019

Journal Articles

Economic growth, sectoral structures, and environmental methane footprints

Journal article by Octavio Fernandez-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger published online in Applied Economics (open access)

17 Oct 2019

Working Papers

Trade Wars: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

WTI Working Paper No. 03/2019 by Eddy Bekkers, Joseph F. Francois, Douglas Nelson and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa

17 Oct 2019

Working Papers

Sector and Importer Determinants of Prices for Traded Intermediates

WTI Working Paper No. 04/2019 by Eddy Bekkers, Joseph Francois and Miriam Manchin

25 Sep 2019

Reports/ Presentations

Trade Relations Between Ukraine and Russia Amidst the War

WTI PhD candidate Iryna Bogdanova delivered the 33rd Annual Ivan Franko Memorial Lecture at the University of Ottawa, organised by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies

23 Sep 2019

Other

What to expect in the upcoming Climate Action Summit? A Closer Look at the Small Island States

Blog post by Aylin Yildiz and Dhanasree Jayaram for Foraus.

5 Sep 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

Is there Evolution in the Evolutionary Interpretation of WTO Law?

Chapter by Peter Van den Bossche in Georges Abi-Saab, Kenneth Keith, Gabrielle Marceau, Clément Marquet (eds.) Evolutionary Interpretation and International Law, published by Hart Publishing (an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing) (2019), 221-228

29 Aug 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

The EU-Jordan compact in a trade law context: preferential access to the EU market to ‘Keep Refugees in the Region’

Chapter by Marion Panizzon in the volume edited by Sergio Carrera, Juan Santos Vera and Tineke Strik (eds.), "Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis, Legality, Rule of …

8 Aug 2019

Other

GCM Indicators: Objective 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin

Blog post by Prof. Elisa Fornalé and Aylin Yildiz, RLI Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration.

6 Aug 2019

Reports/ Presentations

WTO Appellate Review: Reform Proposals and Alternatives

E-book of contributions made at the WTI Workshop on WTO Appellate Review: Reform Proposals and Alternatives, held on 24 May 2019 at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

15 Jul 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

The Shifting Landscape of Global Trade Governance

World Trade Forum volume edited by Manfred Elsig, Michael Hahn and Gabrielle Spilker, published by Cambridge University Press.

12 Jul 2019

Reports/ Presentations

What Kind of Dispute Settlement for the World Trade Organization?

E-book of contributions made at the conference on What Kind of Dispute Settlement for the WTO?, organized by the World Trade Institute on 4 February 2019 at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

20 Jun 2019

Journal Articles

Please Make Avocados Sustainable Again!

An article by Christian Häberli published in International Affairs Forum: Food, Water and Security (44-47) June 2019. This IAF journal is a publication of the Center for International Relations, Washington D.C.

11 Jun 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

Regional and Preferential Agreements: The Pacific and Atlantic Styles in Latin America

Book chapter by Rodrigo Polanco in “Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPP” (edited by Benedict Kingsbury, David M. Malone, Paul Mertenskötter, Richard B. Stewart, Thomas Streinz, and Atsushi Sunami), Oxford University Press, …

6 Jun 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

International investment agreements and mega-regionals: promoting or undermining the right to water?

Book chapter by Rodrigo Polanco Lazo and Azernoosh Bazrafkan in "The Commons in a Glocal World: Global Connections and Local Responses (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management) 1st Edition."

3 Jun 2019

Journal Articles

Africa’s potential ‘born digital’ trade agreement

Article by Craig Atkinson, Consultant, International Trade Centre and Visiting Research Fellow, World Trade Institute in International Trade Forum 6/2019 p28

1 Jun 2019

Journal Articles

Die Souveränität und das institutionelle Rahmenabkommen

Article by Thomas Cottier in Schweizerische Juristenzeitung SJZ/RSJ, published by Schulthess (2019), pp. 345-355

28 May 2019

Reports/ Presentations, Other

Farewell Address Delivered to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body

Departing Appellate Body member Peter Van den Bossche delivered his farewell speech to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body

16 May 2019

Working Papers

Planned Relocation in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Fiji

Working paper presented at the Paths Panel II: The Authority of Legal Instruments, at the Graduate Institute of Geneva (16 May 2019)

7 May 2019

Other

Seven months until Appellate Body apocalypse: time to prepare for the worst case

A Maastricht University blog post by Jens Hillebrand Pohl.

23 Apr 2019

Other

Might WTO Law Prevent Climate Change Mitigation Affecting Agricultural Trade?

A Guest Post by Dr. Christian Häberli in International Economic Law and Policy Blog

17 Apr 2019

Other

UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) – an Effective Instance of Multi-Level Governance or Catalyst for Externalization? (Part 2)

Blog post by Marion Panizzon and Daniela Vitiello

12 Apr 2019

Other

The WTO Panel Ruling on the National Security Exception: Has the Panel ‘Cut’ the Baby in Half?

Blog post by Iryna Bogdanova in EJIL: Talk!

11 Apr 2019

Other

UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) – Towards a Legal Regime Governing International Migration? (Part 1)

Blog post by Marion Panizzon and Daniela Vitiello

31 Mar 2019

Journal Articles

Nutritional Regulation and International Trade in APEC Economies: The New Chilean Food Labeling Law

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco, Sofia Boza and Macarena Espinoza in the Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 14 (1): 73-113, March 2019.

5 Mar 2019

Working Papers

The Demand-Side Politics of China’s Global Buying Spree: Managers' Attitudes toward Chinese Inward FDI Flows in Comparative Perspective

WTI Working Paper 02/2019 by SNSF Professor Damian Raess investigates public opinion toward Chinese FDI inflows in Switzerland. Prof. Raess delivered a Brown Bag Seminar on 12 March at the WTI on the …

1 Mar 2019

Journal Articles

Der Strukturwandel des Aussenwirtschaftsrechts

Article by Thomas Cottier in Swiss Review of International and European Law, published by Schulthess (2019), pp. 203-229

14 Feb 2019

Working Papers

Adjudication of the GATT security clause: to be or not to be, this is the question

WTI Working Paper 01/2019 by Iryna Bogdanova discusses whether WTO tribunals have jurisdiction over the security clause and whether the clause is justiciable.

31 Jan 2019

Other

WTO Dispute on the US Human Rights Sanctions is Looming on the Horizon

Blog post by Iryna Bogdanova in EJIL: Talk!

18 Jan 2019

Journal Articles

Electoral systems and trade-policy outcomes: the effects of personal-vote incentives on barriers to international trade

Journal article by Patrick Wagner and Michael Plouffe in Public Choice (Springer): Pages 1-20.

15 Jan 2019

Other

Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

This contribution by Elisa Fornalé, Aylin Yildiz and Federica Cristani is a part of "The UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Analysis of the final draft, Objective by Objective".

1 Jan 2019

Books/ Book Chapters

The Return of the Home State to Investor-State Disputes: Bringing Back Diplomatic Protection?

This book, by Rodrigo Polanco, was published by Cambridge University Press in December 2018. Read the description and reviews here.

28 Dec 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

Chapter 2: Investment arbitration and human rights cases in Latin America

This chapter, by Rodrigo Polanco and Rodrigo Mella, was published by Edward Elgar in the "Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment: Research Handbooks in International Law series", edited by Yannick Radi.

19 Dec 2018

Journal Articles

Régimen de Inversiones (Intra)Regionales en la Alianza del Pacífico y en el Mercosur, una Aproximación Comparativa

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco Lazo and Jaime Gallegos Zúñiga in Revista Internacional CONSINTER de Direito - Ano IV - Número VII - 2º Semestre 2018 - Estudos Contemporâneos - Publicação Semestral Oficial …

14 Dec 2018

Working Papers

Data flow-related provisions in preferential trade agreements

WTI Working Paper 03/2018, by Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz

13 Dec 2018

Working Papers

Behind-the-border measures and the new generation of trade agreements: TBT and SPS compared

WTI Working Paper 03/2017, by Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz

13 Dec 2018

Journal Articles

Chinese Natural Resources Disputes: A Never-Ending Story?

Journal Article by Ilaria Espa in M. Bungenberg et al. (eds.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law (2019) 9: 39–60.

13 Dec 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

The Prospects of Equity in International Economic Law

Chapter by Thomas Cottier in Denise Prévost, Iveta Alexovicova, Jens Hillebrand Pohl (eds.) Restoring Trust in Trade: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Peter Van den Bossche, published by Hart Publishing, an imprint of …

10 Dec 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

Regional migration governance and social security regimes

Foppiani, O. (ed.), Family, Migration, and Separation, Peter Lang Publisher (2018)

30 Nov 2018

Journal Articles

Testing for Convergence in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Using a Bayesian Robust Structural Model

Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Doris Oberdabernig, and Patrick Tomberger. Published in Springer, pages 1-22.

22 Nov 2018

Working Papers

Economic Growth, Sectoral Structures, and Environmental Methane Footprints

WTI Working Paper 02/2018, by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig, and Patrick Tomberger.

25 Oct 2018

Journal Articles

Renewable Energy Subsidies and WTO Law: Time to Rethink the Case for Reform Beyond Canada – Renewable Energy/Fit Program

Journal article by Ilaria Espa and Gracia Marín Durán in Journal of International Economic Law (OUP), 2018 (21): 621–653

22 Oct 2018

Journal Articles

The Jurisprudence of the World Trade Organization in 2017

Journal article published in the Swiss Review of International and European Law, Volume 28 (2) 2018, by Michael Hahn, Rachel Liechti-McKee, Tetyana Payosova and Brigitta Imeli.

15 Oct 2018

Journal Articles

The Treatment of Regulatory Convergence in Preferential Trade Agreements

This article explores the concept of ‘regulatory convergence’ in the context of the evolving literature on legal convergence and divergence. Such a concept has emerged as an overarching horizontal discipline in the latest …

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/2a: Policy recommendations for increasing the quality and quantity of employment in Vietnam

R4D Policy Brief 2015/2a, by Thu Thuy Nguyen and Tu Anh Nguyen.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/2b: Đề xuất chính sách tăng cường số lượng và chất lượng việc làm tại Việt Nam

R4D Policy Brief 2015/2b, by Thu Thuy Nguyen and Tu Anh Nguyen.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/3: South Africa’s Conundrum: Employment Quantity versus Quality in a Globalized World

R4D Policy Brief 2015/3, by Wayde Flowerday, Neil Rankin and Volker Schöer.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/4a: Strategy Recommendations for promoting employment in Madagascar

R4D Policy Brief 2015/4a, by Faly Hery Rakotomanana.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/4b: Recommandations en matière de stratégie pour la promotion de l’emploi à Madagascar

R4D Policy Brief 2015/4b, by Faly Hery Rakotomanana.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/5: Policy Brief for Bangladesh

R4D Policy Brief 2015/5, by Selim Raihan

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/6: Ethiopia Policy Brief

R4D Policy Brief 2015/6, by Tadele F. Agaje, Solomon Tarfasa and Shiferaw Kebede.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/1a: Informal sector in Vietnam

R4D Policy Brief 2016/1a, by Thu Thuy Nguyen.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/1b: Một số gợi ý chính sách

R4D Policy Brief 2016/1b, by Thu Thuy Nguyen.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/2: The Impact of the Employment Equity Act on Employment Strategies of Firms

R4D Policy Brief 2016/2, by Wayde Flowerday, Neil Rankin and Volker Schöer.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/3: Technological Innovation and Employment in Ghana

R4D Policy Brief 2016/3, by Abena Oduro.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/4: The Role of Micro and Small Enterprises in Employment Creation

R4D Policy Brief 2016/4, by Tadele Ferede.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/5a: Surviving or Thriving?

R4D Policy Brief 2016/5a, Faly Rakotomanana.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2016/5b: Surviving or Thriving (French version)

R4D Policy Brief 2016/5b, by Faly Rakotomanana.

13 Sep 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

R4D Policy Brief 2015/1: Ghana Country Study-Policy recommendations

R4D Policy Brief 2015/1, by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena D. Oduro, Festus Ebo Turkson and Priscilla Twumasi Baffour.

3 Sep 2018

Journal Articles

Facilitation 2.0: Investment and Trade in the Digital Age

In recent years, investment facilitation has taken an important place in the investment policy debate, with proposals to develop a multilateral framework to facilitate investment being debated in different fora, without achieving a …

31 Aug 2018

Reports/ Presentations

Faster Customs, Faster Trade: Using Technology for Trade Facilitation

Contribution by Craig Atkinson to the International Trade Centre report

29 Aug 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

The WTO Dispute Settlement System

International Economic Law Dispute Settlement The WTO Dispute Settlement System

21 Aug 2018

Reports/ Presentations, Other

Policy Brief: Round 3: 'Trade Discussion' or 'Trade War'? The Estimated Impacts of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

The policy paper was featured in Season 5, Episode 81 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver which aired on 19 August, 2018. The episode focused on US President Donald Trump’s trade war.

14 Aug 2018

Journal Articles

Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements (LABPTA): Introducing a New Dataset

Article by Damian Raess and Dora Sari published in Global Policy (2018) by Wiley, in free access until the end of September 2018.

13 Aug 2018

Working Papers

Empirical estimates of the methane–income elasticity

WTI Working Paper No. 04/2017 by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph Francois, Doris Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger. This working paper was published in Economics Letters (Elsevier), Vol. 171 (2018) pp 137-139.

1 Aug 2018

Journal Articles

Da “Facilitação 2.0” à “política comercial 3.0”: oportunidades para expandir e aprofundar as regras do comércio mundial

Article by Craig Atkinson, published in the ICTSD journal Pontes, "Facilitação do comércio: uma questão de tecnologia?" Issue 14 (6): 25

31 Jul 2018

Journal Articles

De la “Facilitación 2.0” a la “política comercial 3.0”: oportunidades para expandir y extender las reglas del comercio mundial

Article by Craig Atkinson, Published in the ICTSD journal Puentes, Facilitación del comercio: ¿cuál es el cuello de botella en Latinoamérica? Issue 19 (5): 18

20 Jul 2018

Journal Articles

Mehr Frieden dank WTO

Article by Christian Häberli included in the Swiss Peace Supporter, 2018 (2), page 29, published by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Armed Forces.

17 Jul 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

Trade Policy in the Age of Populism: Why the New Bilateralism Will Not Work

Book chapter by Thomas Cottier in Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit, edited by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and Eva Lein.

12 Jul 2018

Other

Schweizer Politiker verkennen den Ernst der Lage

Opinion piece by Thomas Cottier on the EU-US trade dispute published in the Handelszeitung

12 Jul 2018

Journal Articles

What is 'trade policy 3.0’?

Article by Craig Atkinson published online with the World Economic Forum Agenda

10 Jul 2018

Journal Articles

Does an Arbitrator’s Background Influence the Outcome of an Investor-State Arbitration?

Published in The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Brill Nijhoff). Volume 17, Issue 1 (2018), pages 18 – 48.

6 Jul 2018

Journal Articles

Encouraging Sustainable Foreign Investment to the LDCs: Options for Support

No. 3 (2018) Occasional Policy Papers Series On The Least Developed Countries, co-written by Rodrigo Polanco and Americo Zampetti

5 Jul 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

The Pacific Alliance in a World of Preferential Trade Agreements - 2019

Edited by: Pierre Sauvé, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, José Manuel Álvarez Zárate This book is part of the United Nations University Series on Regionalism. ABSTRACT: This volume focuses on one of the most innovative …

20 Jun 2018

Journal Articles

An Internet of Rules for all: Can "Trade Policy 3.0" foster inclusive trade?

Opinion piece by Craig Atkinson in EIF Trade for Development news.

11 Jun 2018

Other

From Facilitation 2.0 to trade policy 3.0: Opportunities to expand and extend the rules of global trade

Opinion piece by Craig Atkinson in ICTSD blog.

10 Jun 2018

Journal Articles

ASEAN people-to-people connectivity: the role of the mutual recognition regime

The concept of intra-regional connectivity is emerging as the rationale for the ASEAN regional project and will develop around three pillars: the physical infrastructure, the institutions and the people. Specifically, the facilitation of …

5 Jun 2018

Reports/ Presentations

Today’s Geopolitical Crisis in International Law: Responsibilities of the United Nations

Keynote lecture delivered by Thomas Cottier in conjunction with the International Balzan Foundation at the Università de la Svizzera Italiana, Lugano on 30 May 2018. The lecture was to honour a two-volume book …

31 May 2018

Journal Articles

Intra-Industry Trade, Global Value Chains, and Preferential Tariff Liberalization

Journal article by Manfred Elsig, Leonardo Baccini and Andreas Dür in International Studies Quarterly 62(2): 329-40.

25 May 2018

Journal Articles

Missing Investment Treaties

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco, Valentino Desilvestro and Azernoosh Bazrafkan in Journal of International Economic Law

8 May 2018

Other

Mejoras salariales y acuerdos comerciales: México ante la renegociación del TLCAN

Blog in Spanish by Juan Flores Zendejas, University of Geneva, and Damian Raess on the unsustainable development strategy based on low wages in Mexico and how the renegotiation of NAFTA, particularly the side …

1 May 2018

Journal Articles

Democracy, Geography and Model Uncertainty

Journal article by Doris Oberdabernig, Stefan Humer, and Jesus Crespo Cuaresma in the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 65(2), pp. 154-185.

1 May 2018

Journal Articles

T20 Task Force on Trade, Investment and Tax Cooperation

Moving the G20’s investment agenda forward

26 Apr 2018

Other

Disruptive trade technologies will usher in the ‘internet of rules’

Blog article by Craig Atkinson published in LSE Business Review

28 Mar 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

The Law and Policy of International Trade in Electricity

Book by Karolis Gudas ABSTRACT: The book examines the legal guarantees provided under the European Union (EU) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules for the development of electricity transmission systems, either by …

27 Mar 2018

Working Papers

Mirror Study of Vietnam’s International Merchandise Trade: Findings and Implications on Cross-Border Trade Administration

SECO Working Paper 26/2017 by Phan Thi Thu Hien and Nguyen Viet Hung ABSTRACT: This paper applies a variety of “mirror statistics” initiatives, practices and experiences of many internationals organizations like United Nations, …

20 Mar 2018

Other

Water Management in Peru: What Avocados are we Eating?

Contribution by Christian Häberli in 'Education, Gender Partnership, Finance: decisive keys to combat water stress?' proceedings of the 5th Interdisciplinary Colloquium organized by the W4W on 20 March 2018 at Geneva’s History of …

20 Mar 2018

Other

Gestion de l’eau au Pérou : quel avocat mangeons-nous?

Contribution by Christian Häberli in 'Education, Partenariat Hommes/Femmes, Finance: des clés décisives pour lutter contre le stress hydrique?' Actes du 5ème colloque interdisciplinaire Organisé par le W4W le 20 mars 2018 au Musée …

12 Mar 2018

Journal Articles

In Search of a Post-Brexit Trade Policy - The United Kingdom can't survive on bilateral agreements alone

Article by Thomas Cottier in CIGI Online

6 Mar 2018

Journal Articles

Protecting labor rights in preferential trade agreements: The role of trade unions, left governments, and skilled labor

Journal article by Damian Raess, Andreas Dür and Dora Sari in The Review of International Organizations, Vol. 13, Issue 1 pp 1-20 ABSTRACT: This paper investigates variation in the design of labor provisions …

5 Mar 2018

Other

Does Import Protection Save Jobs? The Estimated Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Imports of U.S. Steel and Aluminum

The Trade Partnership policy brief by Joseph Francois and Laura M. Baughman

22 Feb 2018

Books/ Book Chapters

The Implications of EC – Seal Products for the Protection of Core Labour Standards in WTO Law

Chapter by Thomas Cottier in Henner Gött (ed.) Labour Standards in International Economic Law, published by Springer (2018), pp. 69-92

20 Feb 2018

Working Papers

First Perspectives on the Zero Draft (5 February 2018) for the UN Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Short commentary on the Zero Draft of the Global Compact for Migration by Elspeth Guild, Tugba Basaran with input from Elisa Fornalé, Federica Cristani and Aylin Yildiz On 5 February 2018 the UN …

13 Feb 2018

Working Papers

Potential Conflicts between Agricultural Trade Rules and Climate Change Treaty Commitments

Working paper for the FAO ABSTRACT: Climate change – among its many other challenges – also impacts on conditions of competition along the whole food value chain. This article posits that many mitigation …

9 Feb 2018

Working Papers

Regionalism in Latin America. Navigating in the Fog.

SECO Working Paper 25/2017 by Alberto van Klaveren ABSTRACT: The more recent waves of regionalism in Latin America have been associated, respectively, with structuralist, neo-liberal and post-liberal economic and political experiments in the …

30 Jan 2018

Working Papers

Gender Equality and Trade Policy

SECO Working Paper 24/2017 by Alicia Frohmann ABSTRACT: International trade interacts with gender equality in different ways. Its impact is not neutral. The different impacts of international trade upon them are conditioned by …

24 Jan 2018

Working Papers

The methane footprint of nations: Evidence from global panel data

WTI Working Paper 01/2018, by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris Oberdabernig, and Patrick Tomberger. This paper is forthcoming in Ecological Economics.

19 Jan 2018

Working Papers

Impacts of Institutions on the Performances of Enterprises in Vietnam

SECO Working Paper 23/2017 by Chu Thi Mai Phuong ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the impacts of institutions on the performances of enterprises in Vietnam. The results obtained from the quantitative research method show …

9 Jan 2018

Working Papers

Urban Assertiveness, Legal Frameworks, Informal Networks and Intercity Trade among the Cities of SADC

SECO Working Paper 22/2017 by Marius Pieterse ABSTRACT: While both international trade law and regional trade agreements in the SADC region are typically focused on nation states, it is cities that produce the …

3 Jan 2018

Journal Articles

A Requiem for the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Something New, Something Old and Something Borrowed?

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco and Sebastian Gomez Fiedler in Melbourne Journal of International Law 18/2 ABSTRACT: On 4 February 2016, after almost seven years of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (‘TPP’) was …

3 Jan 2018

Working Papers

WTO Dispute Settlement System: Latin American countries behavior in the period 1995-2017

SECO Working Paper 21/2017 by Jaquelin Morillo Remesnitzky ABSTRACT: The purpose of this document is to provide a general overview of the participation of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the World Trade …

22 Dec 2017

Working Papers

Intra-ASEAN trade – Gravity model and spatial Housman-Taylor approach

SECO Working Paper 20/2017 by Quang Phung Duy, Tuan Pham Anh and Thu Nguyen Thi Xuan ABSTRACT: This study examines determinants of intra-industry trade between Vietnam and ASEAN countries. By solving endogenous problems …

20 Dec 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

The WTO Agreements on Agriculture (AoA)

Contribution by Christian Häberli to the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law 2017 edited by Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer pp. 468-470. Text available from the author.

20 Dec 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Enabling Clause

Contribution by Christian Häberli to the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law 2017 edited by Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer pp.177-179. Text available from the author.

20 Dec 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

The Decision on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Contribution by Christian Häberli to the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law 2017 edited by Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer pp.470-471. Text available from the author.

19 Dec 2017

Journal Articles

Brexit – a Clock Ticking in Malaysia

Opinion piece by Christian Häberli in Diplomatic Voice Vol 3 2017

19 Dec 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

International Economic Law Might Improve Water Governance in Peru

Book chapter by Christian Häberli in El Derecho Humano al Agua, el Derecho de las Inversiones y el Derecho Administrativ ABSTRACT: This book looks sheds new light on the well-known and often debated …

19 Dec 2017

Working Papers

Labour Standard Enforcement through Economic Treaties

r4d Working Paper by Christian Häberli ABSTRACT: Recent economic treaties contain references to labour standards with increasing specificity and stringent enforcement mechanisms. However, despite evidence for continuing massive violations of workers’ rights, forced …

19 Dec 2017

Working Papers

Corporate Governance, is it Worthy?

SECO Working Paper 19/2017 by Lilian Rocca ABSTRACT: Since the late 90s, a lot has been written and said regarding Corporate Governance. Things have changed, international crises have occurred, new developments in the …

15 Dec 2017

Other

Labour clauses in trade agreements promote Southern exports to the North

Column in VOX EU by Céline Carrère, Marcelo Olarreaga and Damian Raess

13 Dec 2017

Working Papers

Vietnam’s recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and preparation for EVFTA

SECO Working Paper 18/2017 by Nguyen Phuong Linh, Dinh Hoang Anh and Chu Thanh Giang ABSTRACT: Arbitration activities in Vietnam is becoming a popular choice of investors in dispute resolution. However, European investors …

12 Dec 2017

Working Papers

The Pacific Alliance in search for a financial integration: so close and yet so far

SECO Working Paper 17/2017 by Manuel Monteagudo ABSTRACT: This paper develops an analysis of how macro-economic convergence among Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile has translated into a non-intentional institutional and constitutional similar order, …

3 Dec 2017

Other

Klima und Migration: Wer übernimmt Verantwortung?

Special Issue: Chancen und Risiken, UniPress, vol. 172 (2017), 16

1 Dec 2017

Working Papers

Climate Change and Human Mobility in the Pacific Region: Plans, Policies and Lessons Learned

Knomad Working Paper 31 by Elisa Fornalé and Sophia Kagan ABSTRACT: Although a clearer picture is emerging of the diverse factors that link environmental drivers and human mobility, few studies so far have …

30 Nov 2017

Working Papers

Protection by origin in Chile and the European markets: the case of the wine sector

SECO Working Paper 16/2017 by Sofia Boza and Jazmin Munoz

28 Nov 2017

Working Papers

Move away from BITs framework: A need for multilateral investment treaty?

SECO Working Paper 15/2017 by Malebakeng Agnes Forere. ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to critically evaluate the desirability of multilateral treaty that will take into account the needs of developed and …

23 Nov 2017

Reports/ Presentations

Der Strukturwandel der Handelspolitik

Presentation by Thomas Cottier at a conference on the Switzerland/EU institutional framework agreement held in Bern on 23 November 2017 and organised by Joelle de Sépibus and Rosa Losada.

16 Nov 2017

Working Papers

Determinants of IMF lending: How different is Sub-Saharan Africa?

WTI Working Paper 02/2017, by Doris Oberdabernig.

15 Nov 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law

Edited by Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer ABSTRACT: The Encyclopedia is the definitive reference work on international economic law. This comprehensive resource helps redefine the field by presenting international economic law in …

15 Nov 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Cross-Border Electricity Infrastructures and Efficient Use of Resources

Paper in the World Resources Forum book ‘Boosting Resource Productivity by Adopting the Circular Economy’, pp. 60-64, edited by Christian Ludwig and Cecilia Matasci. ABSTRACT: Long-distance renewables integration projects emerge as feasible option …

8 Nov 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Chile Report

The Impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties on Taxation Michael Lang, Jeffrey Owens, Pasquale Pistone, Alexander Rust, Josef Schuch and Claus Staringer, eds Vienna University of Economics and Business, IBFD co-authored with Felipe Yáñez …

6 Nov 2017

Journal Articles

Adaptive migration: pluralising the debate on climate change and migration

Journal article by Andrew Baldwin and Elisa Fornalé in The Geographical Journal, December 2017, Volume 183, Issue 4, in the themed section co-edited by Elisa Fornalé and Andrew Baldwin. ABSTRACT: The interaction between …

6 Nov 2017

Journal Articles

UNHCR and protection and assistance for the victims of climate change

Journal article by Elisa Fornalé and Curtis Doebbler in The Geographical Journal, December 2017, Volume 183, Issue 4, in the themed section co-edited by Elisa Fornalé and Andrew Baldwin. ABSTRACT: This contribution argues …

1 Nov 2017

Journal Articles

G20 International Investment Agreements and Guiding Principles for Global Investment Policymaking

This paper maps the international investment agreements (IIAs) concluded by Group of Twenty (G20) countries, examining whether there is a common thread between those countries with respect to investment protection and especially the …

1 Nov 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Labour mobility – international fora

"Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law" 2017, 496–498. K. Nadakavukaren Schefer and T. Cottier (eds.),

31 Oct 2017

Journal Articles

Optimizing the internet for more inclusive trade

Journal article by David Hamilton, Economist, World Trade Organization and Craig Atkinson, Visiting Research Fellow, World Trade Institute in International Trade Forum 3/2017 p30

30 Oct 2017

Journal Articles

Global–regional interaction to extend access to social protection for migrant workers: Insights from ASEAN and MERCOSUR

Universal access to social protection for migrant workers is emerging as a problematic issue in the implementation of free movement regimes at a regional level. This article focuses on the concept of regional …

27 Oct 2017

Reports/ Presentations

Die Welthandelsordnung im Umbruch

Presentation by Thomas Cottier at the conference 'Handelspolitik 2020 - Grundlagen, Auswirkungen und Szenarien' on upheaval in the world trading system at the Stiftung Lilienberg, Switzerland.

16 Oct 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

The Chilean Experience in South-South Investment and Trade Agreements

"Reconceptualizing International Investment Law from the Global South" Edited by Fabio Morosini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin

13 Oct 2017

Reports/ Presentations

Irregular migration and regular pathways, including decent work, labour mobility, recognition of skills and qualifications and other relevant measures

Elisa Fornalé: Invited expert at the United Nations Thematic Session

5 Oct 2017

Journal Articles

The Politics of Treaty Signature: The Role of Diplomats and Ties that Bind

Journal article by Manfred Elsig and Karolina Milewicz in International Negotiation 22(3): 521-43

4 Oct 2017

Journal Articles

CETA on investment: the definitive surrender of EU law to GATS and NAFTA/BITS

Journal article by Xavier Fernandez-Pons, Rodrigo Polanco and Ramon Torrent in Common Market Law Review, Vol. 54 (2017), issue 5, pp. 1319-1358 ABSTRACT: Provisions on investment in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement …

3 Oct 2017

Other

Trade Defense Instruments: The Leading Edge of U.S. Trade Policy

Chapter Prepared for the Written Volume of Presentations Made at the Conference on Trade Defense Instruments, Brussels, 30-31 March 2017, co-organised by Marc Bungenberg, Christoph Herrmann; Michael Hahn and Till Müller-Ibold. Authors: Bruce …

3 Oct 2017

Journal Articles

TTIP and Climate Change: How Real Are Race to the Bottom Concerns?

Journal article by Rodrigo Polanco, Joëlle de Sépibus and Kateryna Holzer in Carbon & Climate Law Review (CCLR) issue 3/2017, pp.206-222 ABSTRACT: In the summer of 2013, the European Union (EU) and the …

3 Oct 2017

Working Papers

Labor Clauses in Trade Agreements: worker protection or protectionism?

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) discussion paper by Céline Carrère, Marcelo Olarreaga and Damian Raess. ABSTRACT: We explore the impact on bilateral trade flows of the inclusion of a labor clause (LC) …

27 Sep 2017

Journal Articles

Front-Loading Trade Policy-Making in the European Union: Towards a Trade Act

Article by Thomas Cottier in Marc Bungenberg, Markus Krajewski, Christian Tams, Jörg Philipp Terhechte and Andreas R. Ziegler (eds.) European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2017, published by Springer (2017), pp. 35-59

19 Sep 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Embedding Intellectual Property in International Law

P. Roffe, X. Seuba, Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Law-Making, 15-44 (ICTSD/CEIPI Geneva 2017)

14 Aug 2017

Working Papers

Contractual stability and its relationship with the political process of law-making: An analysis of Peru’s public procurement and the principles of the Agreement on Government Procurement with the World Trade Organization

31 Jul 2017

Working Papers

Employment Effects of CSO Laws in Ethiopia

r4d Working Paper 2017/07 by Daniel Behailu, Shiferaw Kebede and Tadele Ferede ABSTRACT: It is contended that civil society organizations (CSOs) are crucial for good governance. It can contribute towards enabling accountable government …

10 Jul 2017

Working Papers

Promoting Logistics Providers in Developing Countries: Proposals for Peru

SECO Working Paper 13/2017 by Manuel Quindimil, PUCP ABSTRACT: This working paper provides a historical overview of the performance of logistics service providers, examining the characteristics of regulations governing logistics service providers, with …

1 Jul 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Technology and the Law of International Trade Regulation

Chapter by Thomas Cottier in Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford, and Karen Yeung (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation and Technology, published by Oxford University Press (2017), pp. 1017-1051

20 Jun 2017

Journal Articles

The Ties between the World Trade Organization and Preferential Trade Agreements: A Textual Analysis

Journal article by Todd Allee, Manfred Elsig, and Andrew Lugg in Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL).

20 Jun 2017

Working Papers

Trade Finance as a Barrier for Chilean Services Internationalization

SECO Working Paper 12/2017 by Dorotea López Giral and Felipe Muñoz Navia, Institute of International Studies, University of Chile. ABSTRACT: This paper intends to analyse trade finance access for Chilean services companies, and …

14 Jun 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

International Trade in Sustainable Electricity: Regulatory Challenges in International Economic Law

Book edited by Thomas Cottier and Ilaria Espa ABSTRACT: Cross-border trade in electricity is rapidly expanding as a result of technical innovations, economic and geopolitical developments, and the ongoing decarbonisation of the electricity …

13 Jun 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization - Text, Cases and Material

4th edition of a volume by Peter Van den Bossche. ABSTRACT: Retaining the signature clarity and depth that made it an instant classic, this new fourth edition of The Law and Policy of …

12 Jun 2017

Working Papers

Trade in Services and Development: The Case of Perception in Chile

SECO Working Paper 11/2017 by Dorotea López Giral, Camila García Pérez, Felipe Muñoz Navia, Institute of International Studies, University of Chile.

6 Jun 2017

Journal Articles

Climate, energy and trade in EU–China relations: synergy or conflict?

Journal article by Ilaria Espa in China-EU Law Journal, pp. 1-24 ABSTRACT: This article aims at assessing the state of Sino–European energy relations in light of the common challenges they face in the …

1 Jun 2017

Working Papers

Success, Failure, and Barriers: Case Studies on Skill Development Program Participants of Bangladesh

r4d Working Paper 2017/06 by Abu S. Shonchoy, Selim Raihan and Md. Mahedi Hassan ABSTRACT: We study participants of a targeted skill-training program, which was implemented by a local Non-Government Organization (NGO) to …

17 May 2017

Working Papers

The Authorized Economic Operator in the Pacific Alliance

SECO Working Paper 10/2017 by Jorge Vega Cancino, Institute of International Studies University of Chile

15 May 2017

Working Papers

Congressional Lobby, Foreign Policy, and Trade Agreements in Democratic Chile

SECO Working Paper 9/2017 by Ricardo Gamboa of the University of Chile and Carolina Segovia of Universidad Diego Portales

9 May 2017

Working Papers

Public Private Partnerships for Internationalization of Services: Chilean Architecture Industry

SECO Working Paper 8/2017 by Camila García Pérez, Dorotea López Giral, Felipe Muñoz Navia of the Institute of International Studies, University of Chile.

8 May 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Labour Mobility Options as Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Changes?

In "Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Policy Perspectives" Routledge (2017) 203-215. Dimitra Manou, Andrew Baldwin, Dug Cubie, Anja Mihr and Teresa Thorp (eds.)

8 May 2017

Journal Articles

Veto Players and the Contents of Preferential Trade Agreements

Journal article by Manfred Elsig and Todd Allee in Review of International Political Economy 24(3): 538-67

3 May 2017

Reports/ Presentations

House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee report on Brexit: agriculture

UK parliamentary report on consequences of Brexit for agriculture, with expert evidence provided by Christian Häberli

3 May 2017

Working Papers

The Impact of International Legal Rules in Facilitating the Public’s Access to Medicines in South Africa

SECO Working Paper 7/2017 by Vuyisile Hobololo ABSTRACT: This paper explores the role played by international legal treaties, conventions and agreements that are binding on South Africa, in promoting the public’s access to …

1 May 2017

Working Papers

Ghana's Participation in Global Value Chains: The Employment Effects

r4d Working Paper 2017/05 by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena D. Oduro, F. Ebo Turkson, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and Emmanuel Nii Abbey ABSTRACT: This report present findings of the extent to which Ghana is participating …

1 May 2017

Working Papers

Testing for Convergence in Carbon Dioxide Emissions using a Bayesian Robust Structural Model

WTI Working Paper 01/2017, by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Doris Oberdabernig, and Patrick Tomberger. This paper has been published in Environmental and Resource Economics.

28 Apr 2017

Working Papers

Protecting music copyright owners in Southern Africa: Need for Regulatory Convergence

SECO Working Paper 6/2017 by Malebakeng Forere ABSTRACT: Intellectual property, as an intangible form of property, is able to transcend borders and this is especially the case with music. To this end, the …

28 Apr 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Assessing the World Trade Organization: Fit for Purpose?

Book edited by Manfred Elsig, Bernard Hoekman and Joost Pauwelyn, published by Cambridge University Press ABSTRACT: The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently celebrated twenty years of existence. The general wisdom is that its …

10 Apr 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Protecting traditional medical knowledge through the intellectual property regime based on the experiences of Iran and South Africa

Book chapter by Pamela Andanda and Hojjat Khademi in Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property, edited by du Plessis, Elmien (WJ); Ncube, C

3 Apr 2017

Working Papers

Employment effects of bargaining council decisions

r4d Working Paper 2017/04 by Wayde Thomas Flowerday. Neil Rankin and Volker Schöer ABSTRACT: South Africa has a unique collective bargaining structure; one whereby wages are mostly set at a sectoral level. One …

24 Mar 2017

Journal Articles

No iceberg in sight: on the absence of WTO disputes challenging fossil fuel subsidies

Article by Dirk De Bièvre, Ilaria Espa and Arlo Poletti in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, pp 1-15 ABSTRACT: The empirical record of dispute settlement cases under World Trade Organization (WTO) …

20 Mar 2017

Journal Articles

Brexit without WTO-Problems – for UK and for EU and for Global Business?

Journal article forthcoming in 12/3 Global Trade and Customs Journal 87-91 (March 2017)

20 Mar 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Adaptation of Agricultural Trade and Investment Rules to Climate Change

WTI Fellow Christian Häberli has contributed a chapter to the new Research Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture Law published by Edward Elgar.

15 Mar 2017

Working Papers

An Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of RCEP on Vietnam Automobile Sector

SECO Working Paper 5/2017 by Thuy Anh Tu and Minh Ngoc Le ABSTRACT: This research aims at examining impacts of ASEAN+6 trade agreements on the automobile industry in Vietnam. Vietnam's automobile industry competes …

13 Mar 2017

Working Papers

Recent changes in food labelling regulations in Latin America: the cases of Chile and Peru

SECO Working Paper 4/2017 by Sofia Boza, Monica Guerrero, Rocio Barreda and Macarena Espinoza ABSTRACT: In Latin American countries, economic growth has been reflected in a generalized change of eating patterns, transforming in …

10 Mar 2017

Working Papers

Trade impacts of the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: The Sussex Framework Analysis

SECO Working Paper 3/2017 by Le Thu Ha ABSTRACT: In February 2016, after more than three years of negotiation, the European Union and Vietnam officially announced the conclusion of negotiation and published the …

7 Mar 2017

Working Papers

Impact of Transport Costs on Vietnamese Textile Exports

SECO Working Paper 2/2017 by Trinh Thi Thu Huong ABSTRACT: Transport cost is a critical component that structure price of goods at destination points in international trade. This research explored and analysed transport …

1 Mar 2017

Working Papers

Impact of Microcredits on non-agricultural family production units in Madagascar

r4d Working Paper 2017/03 by Ida Rajaonera and Faly Rakotomanana ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the impact of microcredit on non-agricultural family production units in Madagascar. The methodology used consists of combining the Propensity …

21 Feb 2017

Other

Services data priorities: trade, Aid for Trade and government procurement

Essay by Anirudh Shingal published in online compendium Trade in services and economic transformation: a new development policy priority, edited by Bernard Hoekman (EUI) and Dirk te Velde (ODI).

11 Feb 2017

Journal Articles

Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Economic Growth: An Assessment Based on Production and Consumption Emission Inventories

Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois, Doris A. Oberdabernig and Patrick Tomberger in Ecological Economics, Volume 135, May 2017, pp 269–279 ABSTRACT: Working with a new dataset on comparable global CO2 …

1 Feb 2017

Working Papers

The Employment Generating Effects of Exporting: Firm level evidence of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana

r4d Working Paper 2017/02 by Emmnuel Nii Abbey, Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena D. Oduro, Ebo Turkson and Priscilla Twumasi Baffour ABSTRACT: It is a stylized fact that export promotion is a good policy, as …

31 Jan 2017

Working Papers

Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Upgrading among Manufacturing Firms in Ghana

r4d Working Paper 2017/01 by Abena D. Oduro, Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and F. Ebo Turkson ABSTRACT: We investigate whether foreign owned firms are more likely than domestic firms to introduce new …

17 Jan 2017

Books/ Book Chapters

Research Handbook on Climate Change and Trade Law

With contributions by Thomas Cottier and Tetyana Payosova

11 Jan 2017

Working Papers

Facilitating the Protection of Geographical Indications in ASEAN

SECO Working Paper 1/2017 by Le Thi Thu Ha ABSTRACT: Even if many of the ASEAN Member States (AMS) had geographical indication protection prior to the TRIPS Agreement and before joining the WTO …

10 Jan 2017

Working Papers

The TPP and its Relation with Regional and Preferential Agreements in Latin America

SECO Working Paper 21/2016 by Rodrigo Polanco ABSTRACT: The goal of this paper is to study the impact that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) may have on regional and preferential trade agreements (PTAs) …

3 Jan 2017

Working Papers

Implications de la mise en œuvre de l’Accord sur la facilitation des échanges de l’OMC pour le Vietnam

SECO Working Paper 20/2016 by Ngoc Ha Nguyen

3 Jan 2017

Journal Articles

Life beyond local content: Exploring alternative measures of industry support in the context of WTO accession

Journal article in Journal of International Trade, Volume 1, 2016 ABSTRACT: This paper explores the industrial policy options and constraints confronting countries acceding to the World Trade Organization stemming from the obligation to …

30 Dec 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Special Agreements and Energy: Filling the Gaps

Book chapter by Michael Hahn and Kateryna Holzer in 'Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development: International Trade Law and Policy Relating to Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment' ABSTRACT: This chapter examines the patchwork …

30 Dec 2016

Journal Articles

Catching up: The intergenerational mobility of second generation migrants and natives in Europe

Journal article by Doris Anita Oberdabernig and Alyssa Schneebaum in Applied Economics, pp. 1-28 ABSTRACT: Migrants into European countries are often less educated than European natives. We analyse whether migrants’ children are more …

30 Dec 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Emissions Trading and WTO Law

Book chapter in Research Handbook on Emissions Trading ABSTRACT: The Research Handbook on Emissions Trading examines the origins, implementation challenges and international dimensions of emissions trading. It pursues an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon …

23 Dec 2016

Journal Articles

The impact of welfare benefits on natives’ and immigrants’ attitudes towards immigration

Journal Article by Peter Huber and Doris Oberdabernig published in European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 44, 53–78 ABSTRACT: As migrants’ dependence on social assistance from the welfare state which is often related …

13 Dec 2016

Working Papers

Vietnamese footwear export: The direction of trade and determinants of firms’ market penetration

SECO Working Paper 18/2016 by HanhThi Vu and Hung Quang Doan ABSTRACT: We investigate determinants of firms’ direction of trade by using panel data of Vietnam’s footwear firms for the 2006-2010 period. Since …

13 Dec 2016

Working Papers

Competitive Neutrality: Challenges of Application for Vietnam

SECO Working Paper 19/2016 by Nghia Tang Van ABSTRACT: The growing importance of competitive neutrality in the national and global market-place has given rise to concerns about how to ensure a level playing …

7 Dec 2016

Working Papers

Traditional food products and trade: exploring the linkages

SECO Working Paper 17/2016 by Sofia Boza and Jazmin Munoz: ABSTRACT: The objective of this working paper is to explore the linkages between traditional food production, geographical indications protection and trade, with a …

6 Dec 2016

Working Papers

Patent Cooperation Mechanisms in the Pacific Alliance: An Initial Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Patent Prosecution Highway for Intra-Regional Trade Integration

SECO Working Paper 16/2016 by María del Carmen Vásquez Callo and Camilo Pérez Restrepo

1 Dec 2016

Working Papers

An investigation into the technological complexity of exports from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, South Africa and Viet Nam

r4d Working Paper 2016/12 by Sebastian Klotz ABSTRACT: This paper addresses the question as to whether, and if so to what extent, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, South Africa and Viet Nam have upgraded …

30 Nov 2016

Working Papers

Geographical Indications and quality promotion of agricultural products in Vietnam: an analysis of government roles

SECO Working Paper 15/2016 by Nguyen Thu Thuy

29 Nov 2016

Working Papers

National Policies for Logistics Services in Chile and Peru: Their Impact and Challenges vis-à-vis the Asia-Pacific Region

SECO Working Paper 14/2016 by Adalid García Piña and Manuel Quindimil

25 Nov 2016

Working Papers

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the context of the TPP Agreement

SECO Working Paper 13/2016 by Sofia Boza

17 Nov 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Internationale Kooperation

Chapter by Thomas Cottier and Kateryna Holzer in Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz: Grundlagen, Folgen und Perspektiven, Swiss Academies Reports, vol. 11, no. 5, 2016

8 Nov 2016

Journal Articles

Does India need a model BIT?

Journal article by James J. Nedumpara and Rodrigo Polanco in Jindal Global Law Review

1 Nov 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Beyond ICSID Arbitration - The Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of UNASUR

Chapter by Rodrigo Polanco in the Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2014-2015

14 Oct 2016

Journal Articles

Rule-takers or Rule-makers? A New Look at African Bilateral Investment Treaty Practice

Journal article by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy in TDM 4 (2016).

11 Oct 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Research Handbook on Trade in Services

Edited by Pierre Sauvé, Director of Program Development and Faculty Member, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland and Martin Roy, Counsellor, Trade in Services and Investment Division, World Trade Organization, Switzerland

3 Oct 2016

Working Papers

Evaluation of a Targeted Private Sector Skill Training Program in Bangladesh

r4d Working Paper 2016/11 by Selim Raihan and Abu S. Shonchoy ABSTRACT: This study evaluates a private sector targeted skill development program implemented by a local NGO to help young members of extreme …

30 Sep 2016

Working Papers

Employment and quality of employment in Vietnam: The roles of small firms, formalization and education

r4d Working Paper 2016/10 by Nguyen Tu Anh, Nguyen Thu Thuy and Dang Thi Thu Hoai ABSTRACT: In this paper, we examine the contributions of Vietnam’s SMEs to employment and quality of employment. …

27 Sep 2016

Working Papers

Pacific Alliance: An Opportunity to Establish New Priorities on the Protection of Intellectual Property in Free Trade Agreements

SECO Working Paper 12/2016 by John Cusipuma and Gonzalo Ramirez

20 Sep 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Farm Support and Trade Rules: Towards a New Paradigm Under the 2030 Agenda

Policy paper by Irene Musselli in the UNCTAD Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities Research Study Series No 74

13 Sep 2016

Working Papers

A Review of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Vietnam Taking into Account Socio-Cultural Norms and the Institutional Ecosystem

SECO Working Paper 11/2016 by Nguyen Hoang Anh

7 Sep 2016

Journal Articles

Systems of Legal Defence Used by Latin American Countries in Investment Disputes

Article by Rodrigo Polanco in The Journal of World Investment and Trade, Volume 17, Issue 4, pages 562 – 593

2 Sep 2016

Other

New raw materials dispute revives trade tensions between China and the US/EU

A guest blog by Ilaria Espa on the International Economic Law and Policy Blog

1 Sep 2016

Working Papers

Gauging Procurement Policy Change During the Crisis-Era: Evidence from the Global Trade Alert

Deliverable No. 2.6, Working paper by Simon J. Evenett and Anirudh Shingal

31 Aug 2016

Working Papers

The labor content of exports database

World Bank Policy Research paper 7615 by M. Calì, J. Francois, C. Hollweg, M. Manchin, D. Oberdabernig, H. Rojas-Romagosa, S. Rubinova and P. Tomberger

31 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Trade Costs, Quality, and The Skill Premium

Journal article in Canadian Journal of Economics, Volume 49, Issue 3: 1153–1178 ABSTRACT: We develop a monopolistic competition model with nonhomothetic factor input bundles where increasing quality requires increasing use of skilled workers. …

31 Aug 2016

Working Papers

Melting Ice Caps and the Economic Impact of Opening the Northern Sea Route

E. Bekkers, J. Francois, and H. Rojas-Romagosa, forthcoming Economic Journal ABSTRACT: A consequence of melting Arctic ice caps is the commercial viability of the Northern Sea Route, connecting North-East Asia with North-Western Europe. …

31 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Melting Ice Caps: Implications for Asian trade with North America and Europe

Article by Amanda M. Countryman; Joseph F. Francois; Hugo Rojas-Romagosa in International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, Vol. 9, No.4 pp. 325-369 ABSTRACT: Arctic ice caps have been melting at an increased …

31 Aug 2016

Working Papers

The Effect of Technological Innovation on the Quantity and Quality of Employment in Ghana

r4d Working Paper 2016/9 by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena D. Oduro, F. Ebo Turkson, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Emmanuel Abbey ABSTRACT: Innovation is widely considered to be a primary source of economic growth and policies …

30 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Mapping the Universe of International Investment Agreements

Journal article by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy, Mapping the Universe of International Investment Agreements in the Journal of International Economic Law (2016) 19 (3), pp. 561-588

25 Aug 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Innovation and internationalization of Latin American services

Book co-edited by Pierre Sauvé: This volume explores three different levels of interaction between internationalization and innovation in the services sector in Latin America. Part I analyses the role of services in manufacturing …

24 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

The Relationship Between Investment and Double Taxation Treaties: the Chilean case

Article by Rodrigo Polanco in Journal of the Universidade Federal da Bahia

24 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Reinterpreting the Fair and Equitable Treatment Provision in International Investment Agreements as a new and more legitimate Way to Manage Risks

Article by Azernoosh Bazrafkan in the European Journal of Risk Regulation EJRR 2/2016 (Vol.7)

16 Aug 2016

Working Papers

Does Proximity to Foreign Invested Firms Stimulate Productivity Growth of Domestic Firms? Firm-level Evidence from Vietnam

SECO Working Paper 10/2016 by Stephan Kyburz and Huong Quynh Nguyen

16 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Regulatory Convergence in the Pacific Alliance: an unconcluded chapter

Article in the Brazilian Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 13. No.1, 2016

9 Aug 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Developing Countries and Preferential Services Trade

WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is often unclear and, at times, flexibility may be …

8 Aug 2016

Working Papers, Policy briefs

Patterns in the Innovative Activities of Ghanaian Manufacturing and Services Firms

r4d Working Paper 2016/8 by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena Daagye Oduro, Ebo Turkson, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Emmanuel Nii Abbey ABSTRACT: Innovative activities of firms differ with respect to their orientation, intensity, use of internal …

5 Aug 2016

Journal Articles

Improving Compliance: Jus Cogens and International Economic Law

Journal article by Thomas Cottier in Maarten den Heijer and Harmen van der Wilt (eds.) Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015, published by Springer, pp. 329-356

2 Aug 2016

Working Papers

Surviving or thriving: Efficiency level of production units and its determinants in Madagascar: A heterogeneous sector

r4d Working Paper 2016/7 by Paul Gérard Ravelomanantsoa, Ida Rajaonera and Faly Rakotomanana ABSTRACT: The main objectives of this study are to analyse the technical efficiency level in these activities and to identify …

1 Aug 2016

Working Papers

South African Labour Law: A Twenty-Year Assessment

r4d Working Paper 2016/06 by Paul Benjamin, assisted by Carole Cooper ABSTRACT: Labour law is the product of the balance of political and economic forces in a society. The election of South Africa’s …

29 Jul 2016

Journal Articles

MRIO linkages and Switzerland’s CO2 profile

Journal article by Octavio Fernández-Amador, Joseph F. Francois and Patrick Tomberger in Aussenwirtschaft 67.3, pp 47-63, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research, University of St Gallen ABSTRACT: We examine the …

29 Jul 2016

Working Papers

How Many Shades of Grey are there? Continuum Conceptualization of Formal/Informal Divide and Its Implications

r4d Working Paper 2016/5 by Rüya Gökhan Koçer ABSTRACT: As long as firms are concerned, formality and informality as two realms of economy do not refer to a dualistic/binary structure of clear separation …

27 Jul 2016

Working Papers

Ease of Doing Business Reforms in Vietnam: Implications for Total Factor Productivity in Manufacturing Industries

SECO Working Paper 9/2016

22 Jul 2016

Working Papers

Are the Contents of International Treaties Copied-and-Pasted? Unique Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements

NCCR Working Paper 2016/8 by Todd Allee and Manfred Elsig

5 Jul 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Climate Change and International Trade Regulation: State of Play and Challenges Ahead

Slides of Thomas Cottier's presentation at the European Association of Resources Economics on 24 June

5 Jul 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Towards Transatlantic Regulatory Convergence in TTIP

Presentation by Thomas Cottier on regulatory cooperation in TTIP to the European League of Economic Cooperation in Milan, 17 June 2016

5 Jul 2016

Journal Articles

Why do some international institutions contain strong dispute settlement provisions? New evidence from preferential trade agreements

Journal article by Todd Allee and Manfred Elsig in The Review of International Organizations, March 2016, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp 89–120

4 Jul 2016

Working Papers

Labour Income and Employment embodied in Internationally Fragmented Production Chains

r4d Working Paper 2016/4 by Patrick Tomberger ABSTRACT: The vertical fragmentation of the production chains of final goods causes new challenges for governments with respect to employment policies. But data on this fragmentation …

1 Jul 2016

Working Papers

Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement: Impact and Policy Implications for Vietnam

SECO Working Paper 7/2016

1 Jul 2016

Journal Articles

The Court of Justice of the Andean Community: A New Forum for the Settlement of Foreign Investment Disputes?

Article by Esther Anaya Vera and Rodrigo Polanco in Transnational Dispute Management Vol. 13, issue 2, June 2016

29 Jun 2016

Journal Articles

TTIP Leaks: A Welcome Opportunity for More Homework

Article by Christian Häberli for the European Risk Regulation Journal Symposium on TTIP Leaks

29 Jun 2016

Journal Articles

The New Gold Standard? Empirically Situating the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Investment Treaty Universe

Article by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy in the Journal of World Investment and Trade 17 (2016) pp339-373: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been labelled a ‘new, high-standard trade agreement’. But just how …

28 Jun 2016

Working Papers

Disabling Labeling: The WTO Consistency of the Indonesian Mandatory Halal Labeling Law

SECO Working Paper 8/2016: The Halal Act is the first law in Indonesia, a Muslim majority nation, requiring Halal certification and labeling. Prior to the law, the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) oversaw …

24 Jun 2016

Working Papers

WTO Rules Can Prevent Climate Change Mitigation for Agriculture

SIEL Working Paper 2016/6 by Christian Häberli presented at the SIEL biennial conference 2016: This paper asks how countries can implement their commitments to limit the increase in the global average temperature under …

22 Jun 2016

Journal Articles

Intra-industry Trade in a Rapidly Globalizing Industry: The Case of Wine

Article by Kym Anderson, Joseph Francois, Douglas Nelson, Glyn Wittwer in Review of International Economics, Volume 24, Issue 4, September 2016, pp 820–836

21 Jun 2016

Other

Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?

Contribution by Christian Häberli in Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum): A yet unaddressed facet of this debate concerns the role of international trade and trade policy in promoting or …

15 Jun 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Agricultural Trade: How Bad is the WTO for Development?

Essay by Christian Häberli in European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2016, Vol. 7, pp 103-117

15 Jun 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

The External Dimension of Cross-Border Electricity Systems Planning

Article by Karolis Gudas in Delivering Energy Policy in the EU and the US, Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming June 2016

15 Jun 2016

Journal Articles

Adding Another Level: Individual Responses to Globalization and Government Welfare Policies

Journal article by Lena Schaffer and Gabriele Spilker in Political Science Research and Methods / Volume 4 / Issue 02 / May 2016, pp 399 - 426: Literature on the compensation hypothesis overwhelmingly …

15 Jun 2016

Working Papers

The Macro-economic Impact of e-Commerce in the EU Digital Single Market

European Commission, JRC Technical Reports, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Digital Economy Working Paper 2015/09 by Melisande Cardona, Nestor Duch-Brown, Joseph Francois, Bertin Martens, Fan Yang: This paper examines the economic impact of …

10 Jun 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

The Role of WTO in Addressing Regulatory Pricing Policies in the Energy Sector

Chapter by Ilaria Espa, in Reconceptualising the Rule of Law in Global Governance, Resources, Investment and Trade, First Edition Edited by: Photini Pazartzis, Maria Gavouneli

10 Jun 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Analysis of the prospects for updating the trade pillar of the European Union-Chile Association Agreement

Study for the European Parliament Think Tank by Rodrigo Polanco and Ramon Torrent: The perception of the present state of trade relations with Chile is obscured by a lack of adequate understanding of …

7 Jun 2016

Working Papers

Rule-takers or rule-makers? A new look at African bilateral investment treaty practice

NCCR Working Paper 2016/7 by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy  

3 Jun 2016

Working Papers

Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Is ASEAN A New Destination?

SECO Working Paper 6/2016

1 Jun 2016

Working Papers

Non-Tariff Measures Trickling through Global Value Chains

Deliverable No. 3.1, Working paper by Mahdi Ghodsi and Robert Stehrer (wiiw)

31 May 2016

Working Papers

The panorama for Vietnam’s Timber Industry with Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA): Opportunities and challenges

SECO Working Paper 5/2016

30 May 2016

Working Papers

International Regulation of Emerging Technologies: Global Ideologies and Local Headaches

NCCR Working Paper 2016/6 by Dannie Jost: This paper begins to address the international regulation of emerging technologies taking an approach that includes the co-production of technologies and the nature of wicked problems. …

30 May 2016

Working Papers

The law of regional trade agreements in the WTO dispute settlement system: lessons from the Peru-Agricultural Products case

SECO Working Paper 4/2016

25 May 2016

Other

Making the Commodity Sector Work for Developing Countries - Local Impacts, Global Links, and Knowledge Gaps

Second commodities factsheet produced jointly by the WTI, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, and the Institute for Business Ethics (IWE) of the University of St. Gallen

18 May 2016

Books/ Book Chapters, Reports/ Presentations

Tomorrow’s Silk Road: Assessing an EU-China Free Trade Agreement

Report by CEPS and a WTI team led by Joseph Francois

16 May 2016

Journal Articles

Mappinginvestmenttreaties.com: Uncovering the secrets of the investment treaty universe

Article in Investment Treaty News by Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy.

13 May 2016

Working Papers

WTO law issues of emissions trading

NCCR Working Paper 2016/1 by Kateryna Holzer: Based on existing research in the interface of emissions trading schemes (ETSs) and WTO law, the paper looks more closely at the design elements of an …

1 May 2016

Journal Articles

Carbon dioxide emissions and international trade at the turn of the millennium

We present a new dataset of geographical production-, final (embodied) production-, and consumption-based carbon dioxide emission inventories, covering 78 regions and 55 sectors from 1997 to 2011. We extend previous work both in …

29 Apr 2016

Working Papers

Determinants of growth of micro and small enterprises (MSEs): Empirical evidence from Ethiopia

r4d Working Paper 2016/3 by Solomon Tarfasa, Tadele Ferede, Shiferaw Kebede and Daniel Behailu ABSTRACT: Broad-based growth and transformation through the promotion of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) has been robustly underscored in …

20 Apr 2016

Working Papers

Relative Economic Performance and Individual Trade Preferences

NCCR Working Paper 2016/3 by Quynh Nguyen, ETH Zurich: Abstract Pocketbook concerns or sociotropic considerations? This question regarding the type of economic information that has the most influence on individuals’ trade preferences has …

20 Apr 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Analysis of the upcoming Modernisation of the Trade Pillar of the European Union- Mexico Global Agreement

Study for the EU Parliament co-authored by Rodrigo Polanco: The 1997 Global Agreement between the EC and its Member States and Mexico, together with the set of decisions taken in its framework, has …

6 Apr 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Regional Migration Governance

In Tanja A. Börzel/Thomas Risse (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism (Oxford: Oxford University Press), chapter 20. By Sandra Lavenex, Flavia Jurje, Terri E. Givens, and Ross Buchanan

6 Apr 2016

Working Papers

Do Non-Tariff barriers to trade save jobs and wages?

Deliverable No. 5.2, Working paper by Marco Leonardi and Elena Meschi, University of Milan and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

6 Apr 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

The Migration-Trade Nexus: Migration Provisions in Trade Agreements

Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Chapter 12: Rather unnoticed by academic debates, a dynamic agenda on trade-related mobility rights has taken shape that sits at the nexus of liberal political …

1 Apr 2016

Working Papers

Determinants of SPS notification submissions for Latin American WTO members

SECO Working Paper 3/2016

1 Apr 2016

Journal Articles

An International Regulatory Framework for National Employment Policies

Reprinted from Journal of World Trade, volume no. 50, issue number no. 2 (2016), pages 167–192, with permission of Kluwer Law International: Employment-related policies are sensitive by any standard, and they remain basically …

1 Apr 2016

Working Papers

Employment effects of innovation in developing countries: A summary

r4d Working Paper 2016/2 by Doris Oberdaberning ABSTRACT: Is technological progress causing inequality and unemployment in developing countries? In this paper we survey the literature on the effects of innovation and technological change …

29 Mar 2016

Journal Articles

Negotiating an Energy Deal under TTIP: Drivers and Impediments to U.S. Shale Exports to Europe

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 43 (4) 2015, pp. 357-378: The problem of global security of energy supply is growing in importance. TTIP negotiations represent an opportunity to improve energy security …

29 Mar 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

International Investment Law in Latin America

Book co-written and co-edited by Rodrigo Polanco: With the bilingual volume International Investment Law in Latin America: Problems and Prospects, Attila Tanzi, Alessandra Asteriti, Rodrigo Polanco Lazo and Paolo Turrini provide a regional …

14 Mar 2016

Journal Articles

Global Cultural Law and Policy and the Internet: A Tale of Parallel Worlds

The article provides a comparison between the conventional venues of cultural policy-making, such as the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the newly emerged fora of …

1 Mar 2016

Working Papers

Making use of TRIPS flexibilities: Implementation and diffusion of compulsory licensing regimes in Brazil and India

WTI Working Paper 1/2016

1 Mar 2016

Working Papers

Intra (Inter-) Regional Effects of ERS as NTMs

Deliverable No. 6.4, Working paper by Ioanna Pantelaiou, Panos Hatzipanayotou, Panagiotis Konstantinou and Anastasios Xepapadeas, AUEB-RB

1 Mar 2016

Journal Articles

Why Do Economies Enter into Preferential Agreements on Trade in Services? Assessing the Potential for Negotiated Regulatory Convergence in Asian Services Markets

Asian Development Review Volume 33, Issue 1 - March 2016: More than one-third of the World Trade Organization-notified services trade agreements that were in effect between January 2008 and August 2015 involved at …

29 Feb 2016

Journal Articles

Decomposing Welfare Wedges: An Analysis of Welfare Dependence of Immigrants and Natives in Europe

Article by Peter Huber and Doris Oberdabernig in KYKLOS ,Vol. 69 – February 2016 – No. 1, 82–107: In the past few decades, the European Union (EU) has experienced a steady increase in …

23 Feb 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Switzerland and the Commodities Trade - Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

A factsheet by WTI and CDE researchers of the University of Bern. Contributors include Thomas Cottier, Manfred Elsig, Ilaria Espa and Stephen Gelb

12 Feb 2016

Journal Articles

Support for international trade law: The US and the EU compared

In this article we compare United States and European Union support for bilateral and multilateral international trade law. We assess the support for international law of both trading blocs by focusing on the …

3 Feb 2016

Working Papers

The Electricity Intensity of Firms in Special Economic Zones

Deliverable No. 6.3, Working paper by Ronald B. Davies, T. Huw Edwards, Arman Mazhikeyev, University College Dublin, Loughborough University, University College Dublin

2 Feb 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Exploring intra-commonwealth goods and services trade

A background paper for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Anirudh Shingal and Mohammad Razzaque: Existing work examining the trade effect of commonwealth membership does not account for sample selection, unobserved heterogeneity and multilateral resistance …

2 Feb 2016

Journal Articles

Why do Countries Enter into Preferential Agreements on Trade in Services? Assessing the Potential for Negotiated Regulatory Convergence in Asian Services Markets

More than a third of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-notified services trade agreements (STAs) in effect over January 2008 - August 2015 have involved at least one (South or Southeast) Asian trading partner. …

29 Jan 2016

Working Papers

Continuity and Change in South African Labor Market Regulations: the Impact of Employment Equity Act of 1998 on Employment Strategies of Firms

r4d Working Paper 2016/1 by Wayde Flowerday, Neil Rankin and Volker Schöer ABSTRACT: This paper concludes that there is a high possibility that the introduction of the Employment Equity Act of 1998 has …

29 Jan 2016

Reports/ Presentations

Disciplining Investment Incentives: A Lost Cause?

An E15 Initiative think piece: Investment incentives rank among the most important policy instruments governments employ to influence the locational decisions of multinational firms. In the wake of the recent increase in locational …

29 Jan 2016

Journal Articles

Firm Heterogeneity, Endogenous Quality, and Traded Goods Prices

Journal article in World Economy, Volume 39, Issue 1 :72–96 ABSTRACT: A model with endogenous quality and firm heterogeneity is developed. Firms can invest in quality, and quality investment is relatively skill intensive. …

27 Jan 2016

Reports/ Presentations

TTIP and the EU Member States

An assessment of the economic impact of an ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership at EU Member State-level commissioned by AmCham EU

13 Jan 2016

Working Papers

Trade Dispute Settlement in the Tripartite Free Trade Area

SECO Working Paper 2/2016

5 Jan 2016

Books/ Book Chapters

Ernährungssicherheit in der Schweiz (pp.145-175)

A chapter by Christian Häberli on food security in Switzerland, published in: Tagungsband der 4. Luzerner Agrarrechtstage 2014 „Landwirtschaft und Verfassungsrecht Initiativen, Zielbestimmungen, rechtlicher Gehalt”, pages 145-175. ISBN 978-3-03751-752-9 © Dike Verlag AG, …

4 Jan 2016

Working Papers

Using Firm-Level Case Studies to Address Trade Facilitation Challenges in Southern Africa

SECO Working Paper 1/2016

31 Dec 2015

Working Papers

Striking a Balance between the Protection of Foreign Investment and the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in International Investment Agreements

SECO Working Paper 8/2015

22 Dec 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Export Restrictions on Critical Minerals and Metals

Conventional wisdom on the insufficiency of existing WTO disciplines on export restrictions has triggered momentum on the issue. In this book, Ilaria Espa offers a comprehensive analysis of the scope and coverage of …

17 Dec 2015

Journal Articles

Digitaler Handel stürzt Regulatoren ins Dilemma (Digital Trade Poses Dilemmas for Regulators)

An article by Mira Burri in UniPress 166/2015

17 Dec 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Nudging as a Tool of Media Policy: Understanding and Fostering Exposure Diversity in the Age of Digital Media

A chapter by Mira Burri in Nudging - Possibilities, Limitations, and Applications in European Law and Economics, ed. by Klaus Mathis and Avishalom Tor (Springer, 2016, pp. 227-247) The chapter argues that although …

4 Dec 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

The Story of Community Preference for Food Security

Book chapter by Christian Häberli in Research Handbook on EU Agriculture Law, Edited by Joseph A. McMahon, Professor of Commercial Law, University College Dublin, Ireland and Michael N. Cardwell, Professor of Agricultural Law, …

2 Dec 2015

Working Papers

Environmental Standards and International Trade: Latin American Stakeholders and the EU Environmental Footprint

SECO Working Paper 7/2015

2 Dec 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Energy Export Restrictions in the WTO Between Resources Nationalism and Sustainable Development

A book chapter by Ilaria Espa published in Natural Resources Grabbing: An International Law Perspective (Brill, 2015)

1 Dec 2015

Working Papers

The Role of Law in Assessing the Value of Transparency and the Disconnect with the Lived Realities under Investor-State Dispute Settlement

SECO Working Paper 6/2015

1 Dec 2015

Working Papers

Technology/Innovation history of post-apartheid South Africa

r4d Working Paper 2015/12 by Wayde Flowerday ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview on technological upgrading within South Africa. This paper will pay particular attention to policies that …

30 Nov 2015

Working Papers

Transition Into A Green Economy: Are There Limits To Government Intervention?

SECO Working Paper 5/2015

9 Nov 2015

Journal Articles

Democratic Legitimation of Trade Policy Tomorrow - TTIP, Democracy and Market in the Swiss Constitution

Journal article by Charlotte Sieber-Gasser

8 Nov 2015

Journal Articles

The Role of Goods-Trade Networks for Services-Trade Volume

WTI discussion papers - Peter H. Egger, Joseph Francois and Douglas R. Nelson World Economy, 2015 (published online, print version forthcoming)

2 Nov 2015

Working Papers

Services Dimension in the Pacific Alliance

SECO Working Paper 04/2015

2 Nov 2015

Working Papers

Two Worlds of Minimum Wage: A Critical Look on Literature and a New Research Agenda

r4d Working Paper 2015/11 by Rüya Gökhan Koçer ABSTRACT: Under the conditions of advanced capitalism minimum wage is the statutory lowest boundary for remuneration that is directly relevant for a small group of …

30 Oct 2015

Working Papers

Investment protection and the safeguard of the essential interests of the State: Drawing lessons from the Pacific Alliance’s investment treaty framework

SECO Working Paper No 03/2015

30 Oct 2015

Journal Articles

Multilevelling EU external governance: the role of international organizations in the diffusion of EU migration policies

Article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: The thematic and geographical expansion of EU migration policies has gone along with an increasing mobilisation of pertinent international organisations such as the IOM and …

26 Oct 2015

Journal Articles

Modes of Supply for US Exports of Services

WTI discussion papers - Elisabeth Christen and Joseph Francois World Economy, 2015 (published online, print version forthcoming)

15 Oct 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

The World Trade Organization Law, Practice, and Policy - Third Edition

Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Petros C. Mavroidis and Michael Hahn

1 Oct 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

The Making of the TRIPS Agreement - Personal Insights from the Uruguay Round Negotiations

Includes a book chapter by Prof. Thomas Cottier, "Working together towards TRIPS"

1 Oct 2015

Working Papers

Labour market effects of integration into GVCs: Review of literature

r4d Working Paper 2015/10 by Anirudh Shingal ABSTRACT: The relationship between trade and labour in a world with GVCs is the subject of relatively recent research. In this paper, we review this developing …

28 Sep 2015

Journal Articles

The Politics of Global Value Chains: Import-Dependent Firms and EU-Asia Trade Agreements

Journal Article by Jappe Eckhardt (WTI) and Arlo Poletti (LUISS Guido Carli)

23 Sep 2015

Other

TPP may benefit both global businesses and the developing countries where they operate

Affiliate sales back to the home market tend to respond to US tariff cuts, writes Leonardo Baccini. Blog referring to the DESTA database.

22 Sep 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Sustainable Development in International Law Making and Trade

International Food Governance and Trade in Agriculture - book by Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, WTI and CDE, University of Bern

31 Aug 2015

Working Papers

Renewable Energy and Process and Production Methods

Think piece by Thomas Cottier

20 Aug 2015

Journal Articles

Services Linkages and the Value Added Content of Trade

World Economy, 2015 (published online, print version forthcoming) Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin and Patrick Tomberger

4 Aug 2015

Journal Articles

Non-tariff barriers, integration and the transatlantic economy

Peter Egger, Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin, Douglas Nelson Economic Policy, volume 30, Issue 83Pp. 539 - 584, 2015

31 Jul 2015

Working Papers

Uncertainty and Exports: Firm Level Evidence on The Impact of EU Border Inspections on Chinese Agri-food Exports

Deliverable No.2.2, Working paper addressing the impact of uncertainty on exporters by Matthias Beestermöller, Anne-Celia Disdier and Lionel Fontagne

31 Jul 2015

Working Papers

Special Tax Treatment as Trade Policy: A Database on Export Processing and Special Economic Zones

Deliverable No. 2.1, Working paper on the protectionist nature of certain tax regulations by Ron Davies, University College Dublin and Joseph Francois, WTI

31 Jul 2015

Working Papers

Calibrating a CGE model with NTBs that Incorporates Standard Models of Modern Trade Theory

Deliverable No. 2.3, Working paper by Eddy Bekkers, WTI and wiiw (Vienna), and Joseph Francois, WTI

30 Jul 2015

Reports/ Presentations

To fuse or not to fuse? Assessing the case for convergent disciplines on goods and services trade

Think piece by Pierre Sauvé for the E15 Initiative on Strengthening the Global Trade System

20 Jul 2015

Journal Articles

The Jurisprudence of the World Trade Organization in 2014

by Thomas Cottier, Rachel Liechti, Ilaria Espa and Tetyana Payosova

20 Jul 2015

Journal Articles

Energy subsidies from a climate and trade perspective

A paper by Ilaria Espa and Sonia E. Rolland published in BioRes Volume 9 - Number 6, 20 July 2015

14 Jul 2015

Journal Articles

Addressing climate change under preferential trade agreements: Towards alignment of carbon standards under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Part

Journal article by Kateryna Holzer and Thomas Cottier

14 Jul 2015

Working Papers

The Commodity Sector and Related Governance Challenges from a Sustainable Development Perspective: The Example of Switzerland Current Research Gaps

Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, Judith Wehrli (CDE/WTI) Daniela Bucher, Stephan Rist, Markus Giger (CDE) Ilaria Espa, Simone Franzi, Manfred Elsig, Stephen Roy Gelb (WTI) Milena Holzgang, Pascal Dey, Florian Wettstein (IWE)

30 Jun 2015

Journal Articles

North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

A forthcoming journal article by Anne-Célia Disdier, Lionel Fontagné and Olivier Cadot

30 Jun 2015

Working Papers

Technology and productivity in developing countries: A survey of the literature

r4d Working Paper 2015/9 by Doris Oberdabernig ABSTRACT: This paper aims to survey the literature on technological change and mechanisms of technolo-gy diffusion, with a special focus on developing countries. We investigate theoretical …

23 Jun 2015

Working Papers

The Investment Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Latin America - A Possibility of Change and Convergence?

SECO Working Paper 2/2015

23 Jun 2015

Working Papers

The International Regulatory Framework for National Employment Policies: Examples from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, South Africa… (pdf)

r4d working paper 2015/8 by Christian Häberli

9 Jun 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Public Service Broadcasting 3.0: Legal Design for the Digital Present

A new book by Mira Burri on the future-oriented design of the institution of public service broadcasting, published by Routledge

1 Jun 2015

Working Papers

Contribution of Knowledge to Economic Growth: the Case of Vietnam

r4d Working Paper 2015/7 by Nguyen Tu Anh and Nguyen Thu Thuy ABSTRACT: This paper provides evidence for the contribution of various factors to the economic growth of Vietnam during the renovation process. …

28 May 2015

Journal Articles

Why do some international institutions contain strong dispute settlement provisions? New evidence from preferential trade agreements

Journal article by Todd Allee & Manfred Elsig

18 May 2015

Working Papers

Closing the Legal Gap to Protect the Victims of Climate Change Induced Displacement

This contribution describes climate change induced displacement (CCID), the legal norms protecting persons affected by it, and how existing law provides the basis for such protection.

18 May 2015

Working Papers

Les régimes de sécurité sociale: une analyse comparative des accords existants

L’article vise à développer une étude sur l’évolution de l’accès aux droits sociaux des travailleurs migrants et leur portabilité dans une perspective historique.

16 May 2015

Working Papers

“Mind the Gap”: Inequality Aversion and Mass Support for Protectionism

NCCR Trade Regulation working paper by Quynh Nguyen

15 May 2015

Working Papers

Environmental Concerns and Individual Trade Policy Preferences in Developing Countries

NCCR Trade Regulation working paper by Thomas Bernauer and Quynh Nguyen

13 May 2015

Working Papers

The potential effect of the African integration process on migration flows

As a contribution to the emerging debate on labour mobility as an adaptation strategy for migrants in regional settings lacking competitiveness and human capital development, the present paper will analyse the potential effects …

12 May 2015

Working Papers

TTIP and Climate Change – How real are Race to the Bottom Concerns?

In the summer of 2013, the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) launched negotiations for the conclusion of a bilateral free trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). There …

1 May 2015

Journal Articles

Novel Nanomaterials in Switzerland and in the European Context: Are Liability Regulation and Insurers ready?

Journal article by Rachel Liechti /Georg Karlaganis NCCR Trade Regulation, Bern in HAVE Haftpflicht und Versicherung, Volume 1, 14 – 27, 2015, Schulthess Verlag Zürich

1 May 2015

Journal Articles

Contemplating a 'Public Service Navigator': In Search of New (and Better) Functioning Public Service Media

An article by Mira Burri published in the International Journal of Communication 9 (2015), 1341-1359. It is part of a special issue of the Journal on 'Public Service Media and Exposure Diversity', co-edited …

1 May 2015

Journal Articles

Public Service Media and Exposure Diversity

This is an introductory article to the special issue of the International Journal of Communication co-edited by Mira Burri and Natali Helberger.

1 May 2015

Working Papers

The International Economic Law Framework for Digital Trade

A Working Paper by Mira Burri, which will be published in the Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht and presented at the Swiss Lawyers' Day 2015 in September in St. Gallen.

1 May 2015

Working Papers

Export Restrictions in relation to Extractive Industries

A new E15 Think Piece by Ilaria Espa produced under the E15Initiative (E15). Implemented jointly by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the World Economic Forum, the E15 convenes …

1 May 2015

Working Papers

Bangladesh Country Paper: Employment Effects of Different Development Policy Instruments

r4d Working Paper 2015/5 by Selim Raihan, Bazlul Haque Khondker, Farazi Binti Ferdous and Syed Al-Helal Uddin ABSTRACT: The developments in the labor market lie at the heart of Bangladesh’s on-going structural transformation …

30 Apr 2015

Working Papers

South Africa Country Report

r4d Working Paper 2015/4 by Lawrence Edwards, Wayde Flowerday, Neil Rankin, Gareth Roberts and Volker Schöer ABSTRACT: The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the economic developments and trends …

30 Apr 2015

Journal Articles

Boomerangs over Lac Léman: Transnational Lobbying and Foreign Venue Shopping in WTO Dispute Settlement

Journal article by Jappe Eckhardt (WTI) and Dirk De Bievre (University of Antwerp)

30 Apr 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Equitable Principles of Maritime Boundary Delimitation

The Quest for Distributive Justice in International Law. Book by Thomas Cottier

29 Apr 2015

Working Papers

Zum Freihandelsabkommen EU-USA: Auswirkungen auf die Schweiz

Working paper in inside No 2014/4 by Joseph Francois and Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (WTI)

29 Apr 2015

Working Papers

Mögliche Auswirkungen eines Handels- und Investitionsschutzabkommens EU-USA auf die Schweiz

Working Paper in Volkswitschaft No 87 (7/8, pages 53-56) by Thomas Cottier, Joseph Francois, Anirudh Shingal and Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (WTI)

29 Apr 2015

Working Papers

Potential Impacts of an EU-US Free Trade Agreement on the Swiss Economy and External Economic Relations

Study on behalf of SECO by Thomas Cottier (WTI), Peter Egger (ETH Zurich), Joseph Francois (WTI), Miriam Manchin (UCL), Anirudh Shingal (WTI) and Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (WTI)

28 Apr 2015

Other

Das TTIP und die Schweiz

Presentation in German by Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (WTI) on the impact of TTIP on Switzerland

24 Apr 2015

Journal Articles

Food Price Pass-Through and the Role of Domestic Margin Services

Article by Fan Yang, Eddy Bekkers, Martina Brockmeier and Joseph Francois

20 Apr 2015

Journal Articles

The Politics of Trade Agreement Design: Revisiting the Depth–Flexibility Nexus

Journal article by Leonardo Baccini (LSE), Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg) and Manfred Elsig (WTI)

17 Apr 2015

Reports/ Presentations

Nudging as a tool of media policy

A presentation at the 4th Law and Economic Conference in Lucerne, 17-18 April 2015. A co-edited volume is in preparation.

15 Apr 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Implications for Swiss Agriculture

Book chapter by Christian Häberli in Masahiko Gemma and Masanori Hayashi (eds), Agriculture and Food in the Age of Post 'Trade Liberalization': An Analysis of Trade Rules and Economic Impact Assessments. Waseda University, …

14 Apr 2015

Journal Articles

Learning by Not Doing: Subsidy Disciplines in Services Trade

A new E15 Think Piece by Pierre Sauvé and Marta Soprana produced under the E15 Initiative (E15). Implemented jointly by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the World Economic …

9 Apr 2015

Working Papers

Greening electricity through taxing: An analysis of GATT constraints

A Working Paper by Kateryna Holzer and Ilaria Espa

1 Apr 2015

Journal Articles

Fair Access to Energy Resources, Market Transfers and Climate Change in the WTO

An article by Ilaria Espa published in the Diritto del Commercio Internazionale 1 (2015), 203-223

29 Mar 2015

Reports/ Presentations

The Co-Evolution of Depth, Flexibility and Enforcement in Trade Agreements: A Network Analysis Application

Presentation by Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg)

24 Mar 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

The Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration

Edited by Marion Panizzon, Gottfried Zürcher, Elisa Fornalé

23 Mar 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

TTIP, regulatory diversion and third countries

Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman and Doug Nelson book chapter in M. Sait Akman, Simon J. Evenett and Patrick Low eds., Catalyst? TTIP’s impact on the Rest, CEPR PRESS: London, pp 19-26

18 Mar 2015

Reports/ Presentations

Over the top services: Business trends and regulatory issues

A presentation at the regulators' workshop organized by the ITU, Singapore, 18-20 March 2015.

8 Mar 2015

Other

Renewable Electricity Tax Exemption Scheme and Legally Available Instruments of Addressing Domestic Competitiveness Concerns: An Assessment of Policy Space under WTO law and Swiss-EU FTA

Legal Opinion by T. Cottier, I. Espa and K. Holzer for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

2 Mar 2015

Working Papers

COUNTRY PAPER FOR MADAGASCAR ON LABOR MARKET, ECONOMIC SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY

r4d Working Paper 2015/03 by Julia Rachel Ravelosoa, Paul Gérard Ravelomanantsoa, Ida Rajaonera and Faly Rakotomanana ABSTRACT: The National Development Plan that the Malagasy government has adopted and will implement to revitalize the …

27 Feb 2015

Working Papers

Economic growth and employment patterns, dominant sector, and firm profiles in Ethiopia: Opportunities, challenges and Prospects

r4d Working Paper 2015/2 by Tadele Ferede and Shiferaw Kebede ABSTRACT: In this paper, the evolution of macroeconomic policies and their outcome in terms of output growth both aggregate and sectoral, productivity changes, …

21 Feb 2015

Reports/ Presentations

Renewable Electricity Tax Exemptions and Trade Remedies under International Law: An Assessment of Policy Space under WTO Law, the Swiss-EU FTA, and EU

A study prepared for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

18 Feb 2015

Reports/ Presentations

Beyond Trade: The Expanding Scope of Non‐trade Agenda in Trade Agreement

Presentation by Karolina Milewicz, James Hollway, Claire Peacock& Duncan Snidal (University of Oxford)

16 Feb 2015

Working Papers

Promotion of Renewable Energy in the EU

Critical Assessment of Grid-Related Incentives

15 Feb 2015

Working Papers

NTMs, Preferential Trade Agreements, and Prices: New evidence

A working paper published by CEPII

13 Feb 2015

Journal Articles

Subsidies, Clean Energy and Climate Change

A new E15 Think Piece by Ilaria Espa and Sonia Rolland produced under the E15Initiative (E15). Implemented jointly by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the World Economic Forum, …

12 Feb 2015

Working Papers

Are the Contents of International Treaties Copied-and-Pasted? Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements

Working Paper prepared for presentation at the 8th Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO) by Todd Allee (University of Maryland) and Manfred Elsig (WTI)

9 Feb 2015

Working Papers

Promotion of Renewables and the Challenges in the Water Sector

A working paper by Karolis Gudas and Simona Weber on the tension between the climate change mitigation objective and the water protection

2 Feb 2015

Working Papers

NTMs, Preferential Trade Agreements, and Prices: New evidence

a working paper by Cadot and Gourdon

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Imitation and Innovation in International Governance: The Diffusion of Trade Agreement Design

Book chapter in 'Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements' by Leonardo Baccini (LSE), Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg) and Yoram Haftel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Introduction: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements

Book chapter in 'Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements' by Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg) and Manfred Elsig (WTI)

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Dispute Settlement Provisions in PTAs: New Data and New Concepts

Book chapter in 'Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements' by Todd Allee (University of Maryland) and Manfred Elsig (WTI)

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

What Do We Know About Preferential Trade Agreements and Temporary Trade Barriers

Book chapter in 'Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements' by Chad Bown (World Bank), Baybars Karacaovali (University of Hawaii) and Partricia Tovar (Brandeis University)

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

The Dialectical Relationship of Preferential and Multilateral Trade Agreements

Book chapter in 'Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements' by Thomas Cottier, Charlotte Sieber and Gabriela Wermelinger (WTI)

1 Feb 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements

Book edited by Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg) and Manfred Elsig (WTI)

1 Feb 2015

Journal Articles

Econometric analyses of home-bias in government procurement

Journal article published by the Review of International Economics, Volume 23, Issue 1, pages 188–219

30 Jan 2015

Reports/ Presentations

Service Public in the Digital Networked Environment

A presentation at the expert meeting of the Swiss Federal Media Commission.

30 Jan 2015

Working Papers

Employment Effects of Different Development Policy Instruments: The Case of Ghana

r4d Working Paper 2015/1 by Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, Abena D. Oduro, Festus Ebo Turkson, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour ABSTRACT: Ghana, located in western Africa along the coastline of the Gulf of Guinea with an approximate …

29 Jan 2015

Journal Articles

Das Ende der bilateralen Handelsabkommen?

Was Mega-Abkommen wie das Freihandelsabkommen EU-USA (TTIP) für die Schweiz bedeuten by Charlotte Sieber-Gasser

28 Jan 2015

Journal Articles

Permission to Link: Making Available via Hyperlinks in the European Union after Svensson

A new journal article by Mira Burri on recent developments in EU digital copyright published in JIPITEC.

28 Jan 2015

Journal Articles

Das Ende der Bilateralen Handelsabkommen: Was Mega-Abkommen wie das Freihandelsabkommen EU-USA für die Schweiz bedeuten

Journal article in sui generis No 1(10), pages 1-16, by Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (WTI)

8 Jan 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Revisiting the trade effect of services agreements

A book chapter by Anirudh Shingal to Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements, a book edited by Manfred Elsig and Andreas Dür

8 Jan 2015

Books/ Book Chapters

Trade Cooperation: The Purpose, Design and Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements

Book from the World Trade Forum series edited by Andreas Dür and Manfred Elsig

5 Jan 2015

Working Papers

Chilean Trade and Investment Agreements with Southern Countries

SECO Working Paper 1/2015

30 Dec 2014

Journal Articles

The services sector in India's states : a tale of growth, convergence and trade

A journal article by Anirudh Shingal published by The World Economy, Volume 37, n° 12, December 2014

18 Dec 2014

Working Papers

ASEAN Economic Community: what model for labour mobility?1