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Geraldo Vidigal

@geraldovidigal.bsky.social
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International (Trade) Law @ University of Amsterdam. Managing Editor, Legal Issues of Economic Integration (@LIEIJournal.bsky.social). Tweets on trade, int'l law, and interesting things. 🇧🇷 in 🇳🇱

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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Proud to learn that my Adjudicating over Anarchy, about the powers of international courts, is among @cambup-law.cambridge.org's Book Highlights for the ASIL @asilorg.bsky.social 2026 Annual Meeting - and in excellent company! The Discount Code remains: VIDIGAL25 www.cambridge.org/nl/universit...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day 🖤
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Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES @acesuva.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Are Europeans truly free? Trump's coercion & Putin's aggression revealed the uncomfortable truth: Europe depends on others' goodwill for its energy, platforms, and defence. Join us for an ACES lecture with @alemanno.bsky.social to discuss what seizing this historic moment would require.
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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Brazil risks having its meat exports to the EU blocked amid concerns over its lack of compliance with EU rules on antimicrobial resistance. “The decision comes as a surprise to us” 🇧🇷 ambassador told me. Thanks to @geraldovidigal.bsky.social for insights. Article 👇🏻 borderlex.net/2026/05/12/b...
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Brazil blindsided by EU animal product import ban - Borderlex - European trade policy
Brazil reacted with surprise after the European Union excluded the country from a list of third countries authorised to export food-producing animals and animal products to the EU, citing concerns ove...
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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 06/05/2026
📢 World Trade Review invites applications for a new team of Editors-in-Chief! Submit your name, or a team, by 31 May. Learn more: cup.org/4bEeYHe #WTR #WorldTradeReview #WTO #TradeLaw
cover of the journal World Trade Review
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
For those in the Netherlands on Thursday: register now to join the book discussion of Adjudicating over Anarchy! At the TMC Asser Instituut in The Hague, 9 April, at 5 pm. www.asser.nl/events/book-...
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[Book discussion] Judicial remedies, compliance and enforcement in international law
International courts play a central role in shaping legal relations between states. The key instrument they deploy – judicial remedies  – is often underdiscussed. In this event, we explore how different remedies target different types of state conduct and structure expectations in the international order.
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Just tried to get Claude 4.6 to do something significant and can report it's still not great. Churns out pretty documents with sections and subsections that look time-consuming, while being half wrong. So you look both not very competent and bad at time management.
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Glad to see Adjudicating over Anarchy featured in @jkatzcogan.bsky.social's International Law Reporter selection for this month! Also, I just received the first physical copies, so here's a peek!
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It is here! You can now access online, and even purchase, my (first?) single-authored book, Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a... 1/
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Cambridge Core - Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Mediation - Adjudicating over Anarchy
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
LIEI 52(4) is here! This is a Special Issue, guest edited by Javier García Olmedo and André Prüm, on "The Clash of Sanctions and International Investment Law: Issues of Jurisdiction, Merits and Enforcement". The Editorial outlines the key challenges involved. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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OGEL & TDM Law Journals @ogeltdm.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New China-Russia bilateral investment agreement takes effect: MOFCOM
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New China-Russia bilateral investment agreement takes effect: MOFCOM
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Adobe Acrobat in 2025: ✅Offering AI Summary ✅Offering AI Assistant ✅Offering AI Suggestions ❌Allowing me to click through the link that I can see in front of me on the friggin PDF
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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This week's EU trade policy news you may have missed including: 📌More Mercosur drama in the EP 📌EU-Africa summary 📌Narrow EP vote on Western Sahara 📌Call for stricter measures in e-commerce borderlex.net/2025/11/28/w...
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Week in Brussels: Mercosur, Africa, Western Sahara, e-commerce - Borderlex - European trade policy
A weekly roundup of EU trade news from Brussels
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Challenge: convince Dutch people that this is an essential part of a research university
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PIL @ Oxford @oxfordpil.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Please join us for our third PIL Discussion Group seminar on November 20, 2025. Dr @geraldovidigal.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled ‘Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.’ See further here www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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PIL Discussion Group: Adjudicating over Anarchy
Abstract Without the ability to mobilise coercive measures, international adjudicators must rely on
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Borderlex @borderlex.net · 23/10/2025
Colombia loses WTO frozen fries dispute as compliance panel backs EU => This is the first compliance panel under the alternative WTO appeals mechanism #MPIA By @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/10/23/c...
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Colombia loses WTO frozen fries dispute as compliance panel backs EU - Borderlex - Leading news and analysis on trade policy in Europe
A WTO dispute settlement panel upheld the European Union's complaint against Colombia in the long-running legal battle over Colombian anti-dumping duties on EU frozen french fries.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
WT/GC/274, China's position paper regarding special and differential treatment in the @wto.org - 24 September 2025
1. The Premier of China Li Qiang, when attending a United Nations General Assembly related  meeting on 23 September 2025, announced that as a responsible major developing country, China will not seek new special and differential treatment in the current and future WTO negotiations.

2. Against the backdrop of unprecedented challenges facing the multilateral trading system, China  made this solemn commitment to safeguard and strengthen this system. This document provides a  detailed elaboration on China's position regarding special and differential treatment in the WTO."7. The recent surge in protectionism and unilateralism, in particular the arbitrary imposition of tariffs by a certain member, has posed unprecedented challenges to the rules-based multilateral trading system. The authority and efficacy of WTO rules are severely tested, and the interests of the vast  number of developing members are seriously undermined. As a responsible major developing  country and a staunch supporter of the multilateral trading system, China's decision represents a  solemn commitment as well as concrete action by China to safeguard the rules-based multilateral  trading system with the WTO at its core. This decision will help deliver development-oriented  outcomes for the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Cameroon in March 2026 and  contribute to substantial progress in WTO reform. It will also contribute to the better implementation  of the Global Development Initiative and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

8. This decision does not affect China's status as a developing member in the WTO, nor its rights  to special and differential treatment provisions in existing WTO agreements, including agreed  solutions with other members in current negotiations. This decision is applicable solely within the  framework of the WTO and does not constitute any precedent or have any impact on the status and  treatment of China as a developing country in any other international organization or international  treaty to which China is a member or signatory.

9. China has always been a member of the Global South and will always be a part of the developing  world. China will, as always, practice true multilateralism, support the rules-based multilateral  trading system, actively participate in the WTO reform process, and firmly safeguard the legitimate  rights and interests of developing members, with a view to better bridging the North-South 
development gap, improving global economic governance and building an open world economy.
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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
“Jimmy Wales rebuilt the library of Alexandria using nothing more than nerds’ need to correct one another”
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January.
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Academic BSK, how would you cite an article in the British Yearbook of International Law 2021, when there is still no physical version? I went with "forthcoming", but in 2025 it just sounds sloppy (on my part...). Any alternatives? Are we just DOIing references now?
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Closing LIEI 52(3), Davide Genini examines fiscal instruments developed after the invasion of Ukraine for EU joint borrowing, arguing that unified fiscal capacity, which would produce a quantum leap in European integration, nonetheless remains exceptional. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
In LIEI 52(3), Arianna Andreangeli examines how the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act applies to algorithms that determine prices offered to consumers, arguing that price differentiation algorithms may prejudice the EU internal market and breach EU competition law. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
In LIEI 52(3), Mira Burri, María Vásquez Callo-Müller and Anja Mesmer map and analyse the novel phenomenon of Digital Economic Agreements, focusing exclusively on digital trade and establishing dedicated regulatory frameworks for the data-driven economy. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, the WTO's first environmental agreement, is now in force! To ensure it works, all large WTO Members must ratify it. Here's @coppetainpu.bsky.social's helpful visual of countries that still have not yet ratified (Brazil, Kenya, Tonga & Vietnam ratified today!).
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International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 15/09/2025
🎉 The @WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement is now in force–a big step to curb subsidies threatening #SustDev. But the work isn’t over yet. It’s crucial to implement the agreement & conclude additional rules to #StopFundingOverfishing. 🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/sta...
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/09/2025
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
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China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
LIEI 52(3) is out! In the editorial, Johanna Aleria Lorenzo examines the alleged 'mission creep' at the International Monetary Fund, examining how the IMF's leadership, faced with the evolving complexity of global financial issues, has been fulfilling its mandate. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Tomorrow our new LLM students start. Today I prioritized: ❌️Ensuring that the Introduction slides provide perfect and fully updated practical information ✅️Turning the bland pop culture quiz into a quiz about 17th Century Amsterdam, the VOC, Grotius, Spinoza, and where students can visit this stuff.
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
European universities: we want to attract all the amazing researchers being driven away by new restrictions, funding cuts and unpredictability. Also European universities: sorry, anyone wishing to bring their 2026 grant here should have applied in March 2024.
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Excellent podcast on the state of and prospects for tariffs / deals / retaliation with @alanbeattie.bsky.social and @explaintrade.com. www.ft.com/content/d0a7...
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What Trump’s tariffs deadline has (not) achieved, with Dmitry Grozoubinski
Trump’s proposed levies have sown confusion. How should the world respond?
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Jen Whyte 🍁 @whyjenwhy.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I think we really ought to consider the dramatic rise in popularity of podcasts and video essays as conclusive disproof of the 'everyone hates lectures' idea in pedagogy. Turns out that, even when faced with many alternatives, many people just like to be told something at length.
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Closing LIEI 52:2, Prabhash Ranjan examines the India-EFTA Free Trade Agreement and the innovative obligation to promote USD 100 billion of investment in India, assessing its nature, applicable legal tests, and what might ensue in case of non-compliance. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In LIEI 52:2, Vitaliy Pogoretskyy and Muhammad Umar Riaz consider the complexities underlying the regulation of data flows under international trade law, reflecting on regulation by key players and prospects for multilateral cooperation on the matter at the WTO. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In LIEI 52:2, Peter Holmes and Sunayana Sasmal examine the possibilities for WTO adjudicators to admit legal gaps (non liquet). Despite potential pitfalls, increasing the scope for non liquet might help restore the WTO's ability to perform its core functions. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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Filling Legal Gaps and the Separation of Powers at the WTO: To Judge or Not to Judge on Non Liquet - Legal Issues of Economic Integration
View Filling Legal Gaps and the Separation of Powers at the WTO: To Judge or Not to Judge on Non Liquet by - Legal Issues of Economic Integration
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lieijournal.bsky.social @lieijournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
LIEI 52:2 is out! In the Editorial, Kati Cseres argues that the EU single market agenda has shifted. Beyond ensuring the removal of barriers to free movement, EU institutions are now engaged in affirmative market-making through common, uniform regulation. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Predatory journal behavior. Am I the only one now receiving review requests from journals I had not heard of, for articles which are way outside my field of expertise and even discipline, seemingly based on weak keyword-based matches? Is there an acceptable policy on this?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"China has announced plans to offer zero-tariff treatment to all 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties, deepening economic cooperation as it positions itself as a key trade and investment partner." possible AU-PRC tariff free zone africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...
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China to offer zero-tariff access to 53 African countries excluding Eswatini
China has announced plans to offer zero-tariff treatment to all 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Brazil is hoping to sell its first sovereign debt in the Chinese market as soon as this year — a so-called panda bond — debt issued in Chinese renminbi by a foreign borrower — as the Lula administration seeks to diversify in the midst of the U.S. tariff global trade war. www.ft.com/content/a550...
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Brazil plans panda bond as Lula looks to bolster ties with China
Planned issuance also includes debt in Europe and will test investor appetite amid concerns over government policies
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The deadline to submit paper proposals for PEPA/SIEL 2025 is tomorrow!
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Netherlands in turmoil - live footage
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Christian Flachsland @chflachsland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
"I want an academic job because I really enjoy doing research and don't want it to be something I do only on weekends." Oh, my sweet summer child...
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Verbose writers of the world, do your editors also have a problem with the intra-footnote Ibid? E.g., "See [case reference], para 37 ('[quote]'). See also Ibid., para. 125-132". Isn't it clear to everyone that the second Ibid. means "The same case as before?" Are there alternatives I am not seeing?
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Geraldo Vidigal @geraldovidigal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This September, we will be hosting the @sielnet.bsky.social PEPA Conference in Amsterdam! Postgraduates and early academics and professionals, send us your papers and join us at the @uvalawschool.bsky.social!
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🚨🚨Breaking: New #EU-UK deal is now done. Things are slightly confusing so I will try to clear key things up here with support of this @skynewsrss.bsky.social report. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/uk-and...
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UK and EU agree 'Brexit reset' trade deal
The UK and the EU have agreed a new post-Brexit "reset" trade deal after months of negotiations.
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