The Principle of National Treatment in International Economic Law

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anselm Kamperman Sanders
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
National Treatment ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
International Economic Law ◽  
Principle Of National Treatment

scholarly journals Taking Stock: What Do We Know, and Do not Know, about the National Treatment Obligation in the gatt/wto Legal System?

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Du
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Legal System ◽  
National Treatment ◽  
The Core ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
International Economic Law ◽  
Dispute Settlements ◽  
National Treatment Obligation

Even though widely recognized as one of the core disciplines of international economic law, the interpretation of national treatment (“nt”) obligation has been long marked by legal indeterminacy. More recently, a series of landmark cases, including us—Clove Cigarettes, us—Tuna ii (Mexico), us—cool and ec—Seal Products, have fundamentally reshaped our collective understanding of the nt obligation in the gatt/wto system. The objective of this article is to take stock of what we have already known about the nt obligation in the wto law, identify the lingering uncertainties and discuss the options for the wto Appellate Body to bring more clarity to the nt obligation in future dispute settlements.

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: CETA, TTIP, and TiSA

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
International Economic Law ◽  
Regional Agreements ◽  
The One ◽  
International Experts

The contributions in this volume examine CETA, TTIP, and TiSA as prime examples of ‘mega-regional’ agreements that are central to a new orientation in international economic law in general and EU external economic relations in particular. While concentrating on CETA, TTIP, and TiSA as the main EU instruments in the worldwide turn to regional and mega-regional agreements, the book places these initiatives in the broader context of other mega-regional projects such as TPP. In the first two chapters, this book examines main motivations for negotiating mega-regional agreements and changing conceptions of international economic law. In nine further contributions, international experts examine sectoral issues such as the trade, investment, and dispute settlement disciplines envisaged in these ‘mega-regional’ agreements. Moreover, the progress made in intellectual property protection, the problems associated with data protection, disciplines on financial services, human rights, labour and environmental standards, issues of transparency and legitimacy, and the relationship between CETA, TTIP, and TiSA on the one hand and EU law on the other are analysed. Finally, four short contributions discuss fundamental questions surrounding these mega-regional agreements from an economic, a political science, and a legal perspective. The last chapter of this volume summarizes principal conclusions presented in the chapters of the book and highlights themes that recur in them.

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