Trade and investment law: what relations?

2014 ◽  
pp. 76-103
Author(s):  
Friedl Weiss ◽  
Pia Acconci ◽  
Mara Valenti ◽  
Anna De Luca
Keyword(s):  
Investment Law ◽  
Trade And Investment

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE WTO TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING DISPUTES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 1011-1027
Author(s):  
Andrew David Mitchell ◽  
Theodore Samlidis
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Plain Packaging ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Investment Law ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
Wto Agreements

AbstractAustralia became the first country to introduce standardised or plain packaging laws for tobacco products in 2011. However, they immediately came under direct and indirect challenge from the tobacco industry in various domestic and international fora, including at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO-consistency of Australia's measures was not settled until June 2020, when the Appellate Body upheld two WTO panels’ earlier findings that Australia had acted consistently with its obligations under certain WTO agreements. This article critically analyses the Appellate Body's key findings and their implications for implementing other public health measures. It is shown that these implications are multifaceted, have political, practical and legal dimensions and are likely to reach beyond the WTO dispute resolution system's bounds into other international trade and investment law contexts.

scholarly journals Toward a Geoeconomic Order in International Trade and Investment

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea Roberts ◽  
Henrique Choer Moraes ◽  
Victor Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
New Order ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Investment Law ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
Global Economic Governance

Abstract Recent developments suggest that the international economic order is transitioning away from the Neoliberal Order that has flourished for much of the post-Cold War period toward a new Geoeconomic Order. The shift to this new order, which is characterized by a growing ‘securitisation of economic policy and economisation of strategic policy’, will likely see the rules, norms, and institutions of international trade and investment law undergoing significant change. We expose the differences in the underlying logic of these orders, explore how this shift is being driven by the emerging USA–China tech/trade war, and consider the consequences of this transition for global economic governance.

scholarly journals The Trade Law Consequences of “Brexit”

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo R. Vergano ◽  
Tobias Dolle
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Risk Regulation ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
Investment Treaty ◽  
Investment Law ◽  
General Exceptions ◽  
Gatt 1994 ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
Investment Treaty Arbitration

AbstractThis section highlights the interface between international trade and investment law and municipal and international risk regulation. It is meant to cover cases and other legal developments in WTO law (SPS, TBT and TRIPS Agreements and the general exceptions in both GATT 1994 and GATS), bilateral investment treaty arbitration and other free trade agreements such as NAFTA. Pertinent developments in international standardization bodies recognized by the SPS and TBT Agreement are also covered.

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