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Joshua Paine

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Associate Professor in International Law, University of Bristol. International economic law & international dispute settlement. research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/… Recent book: t.co/VmaFLRiOrV

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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have a new blogpost out on ‘Environmental Provisions in the US Agreements on Reciprocal Trade’ tessforum.org/latest/envir... This post analyses and contrasts the environmental provisions in the 10 US ARTs concluded to date. It shows that in many respects the environmental provisions in the ARTs /1
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Environmental Provisions in the US Agreements on Reciprocal Trade
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Remember "WTO reform"? Norway Ambassador Petter Ølberg on his latest consultations. Full text ⬇️ contains details of what's been discussed, eg subsidies and voting in the absence of consensus. Short preface co-authored with @bobwolfe.bsky.social tradebetablog.wordpress.com/text-olbergs...
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Text: ‘facilitator’ Ølberg’s November 2025 report on WTO reform talks
Any notion that these will be resolved by the next Ministerial Conference has disappeared. Instead, Ølberg speaks of scoping issues and identifying options to present to ministers
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
'The new grouping, to be called the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership, or “FIT-P”, is expected to include about 10 countries, with New Zealand joining Singapore and the UAE as core founding members' on.ft.com/3JCgbDe via @FT
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Singapore, UAE and other small nations to launch trade partnership
WTO members seek to boost ‘trade openness’ in era of Donald Trump’s protectionism
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations | by Joshua Paine
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ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations
This post focuses on the concept of due diligence in the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s Advisory Opinion in Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (for earlier posts analysing othe...
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
My two cents on the ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion now published at @ejiltalk.bsky.social ‘ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations’. www.ejiltalk.org/icj-advisory... Thanks to @dchovell.bsky.social for comments on earlier drafts.
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ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations
This post focuses on the concept of due diligence in the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s Advisory Opinion in Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (for earlier posts analysing othe...
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Bart-Jaap Verbeek @bjverbeek.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🚨 West Cumbria Mining is suing the UK under the UK–Singapore #BIT after the High Court blocked its controversial #coal mine #Whitehaven #WoodhouseColliery. Exiting the #ECT isn’t enough, thousands of investment treaties still threaten #ClimateJustice #StopISDS
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The Trump mafia and Indonesian gov have agreed to a framework for working out non-tariff trade irritants—at some point in the future. Cost to Indonesia: 19% tariffs on exports to US. www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
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Joint Statement on Framework for United States-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
Today, the United States of America (the United States) and the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia) agreed to a Framework for negotiating an Agreement on
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Mali court deals blow to Barrick Mining in dispute over gold project - on.ft.com/4e9TMIp via @FT
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Mali court deals blow to Barrick Mining in dispute over gold project
Court appoints administrators to reopen shuttered mine against Canadian owner’s wishes
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Borderlex @borderlex.net · 16/06/2025
Canada agrees to resume FTA talks w/ the UK nearly 18 months after Ottawa halted negotiations. Canada also agrees to ratify the UK's #CPTPP accession during a bilateral meeting ahead of the #G7 summit @chrishorseman.bsky.social covers everything you need to know👇 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦🇬🇧 borderlex.net/2025/06/16/c...
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Canada to resume trade talks with UK, ratify CPTPP accession - Borderlex
Britain and Canada will resume negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, almost 18 months after talks on a trade deal initially broke down.Canada will also proceed with ratification of Britain...
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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The agenda for the next meeting of the European Parliament's trade committee on 23-34 June is out - lots of juicy nuggets to get your teeth into, whether its US trade relations, Israel, or the EU's first "CTIP" agreement with South Africa www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
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DRAFT AGENDA - Monday, 23 June 2025 - Tuesday, 24 June 2025 | INTA_OJ(2025)06-23_1 | European Parliament
DRAFT AGENDA - Monday, 23 June 2025 - Tuesday, 24 June 2025
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I have a blogpost just out with @ejiltalk.bsky.social on 'A Multilateral Instrument on ISDS Reform (MIIR): Selected Design Issues'. Thanks to Colin Brown, Taylor St John and @dchovell.bsky.social for comments on earlier drafts of the post.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Text of the EU/UK reset - common understanding Some first thoughts 1/ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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A renewed agenda for European Union – United Kingdom cooperation Common Understanding
I. Introduction\n1. In view of the United Kingdom - European Union summit of 19 May 2025, the European Commission and the United Kingdom explored areas with the potential to strengthen bilateral coope...
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
'One early proposal from Japan, according to officials, was to link levels of investment in the US by Japanese companies with percentage-point cuts to tariffs.' Japan to hold out for better trade deal with US - on.ft.com/4dFCaUV via @FT
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Japan to hold out for better trade deal with US
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpopular government fears concessions could prompt electoral backlash
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"Even landlocked member states are vocally supportive of the commission in pushing for a hard link” between fisheries and a veterinary deal ... a third EU diplomat said. Plans to reset UK-EU relations hit trouble over fishing rights and youth mobility - on.ft.com/4dsCQwz via @FT
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Plans to reset UK-EU relations hit trouble over fishing rights and youth mobility
Member states reject Brussels’ latest efforts to bridge gaps between the two sides
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 09/05/2025
USTR just posted what it described as the US-UK "Agreement in Principle" ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'Meanwhile, financial services will be covered by talks over a bilateral investment treaty. While negotiations on that treaty were conducted in parallel with free trade talks, differences remain and so talks will continue.' www.reuters.com/world/india/...
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Britain and India clinch landmark trade deal in shadow of Trump's tariffs
It represents Britain's most significant post-Brexit agreement.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'Parallel talks to agree a bilateral investment treaty, which would establish legal protections for investments between the UK and India, have not yet reached resolution. As a result, the deal does not include the financial services or legal services sectors.' /1 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK and India agree ‘landmark’ trade deal after three years of negotiations
Deal could help UK industries hit by Trump tariffs, as ministers say it will add £4.8bn a year to economy by 2040
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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The EU and Côte d'Ivoire launch talks on a sustainable investment facilitation pact. The European Commission wants talks to conclude next year. All the latest by me below for @borderlex.net borderlex.net/2025/05/06/e...
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EU, Côte d'Ivoire launch sustainable investment talks - Borderlex
The European Union and Côte d’Ivoire launched negotiations on a sustainable investment facilitation agreement.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
'Although talks on the investment treaty continue, there’s still no clear timeline for when — or if — a deal will ever be agreed.'
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
UK and India locked in final stages of trade talks - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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UK and India locked in final stages of trade talks
Ministers attempt to resolve remaining areas of disagreement in London talks this week
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Donald Trump orders speedier permits for deep-sea mineral projects - on.ft.com/42RoqRR via @FT
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Donald Trump orders speedier permits for deep-sea mineral projects
US president’s move is part of effort to bolster supply of critical resources
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
'Two EU officials said the CAI would not be revived as the situation had changed so much'. China to lift sanctions on MEPs in bid to revive trade deal with EU - on.ft.com/4iOiZsZ via @FT
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China to lift sanctions on MEPs in bid to revive trade deal with EU
Beijing steps up efforts to woo Brussels as 145% tariffs imposed by the US seal off its biggest market
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Kyla Tienhaara @kylat.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
What is feigned victimization and how is it used by fossil fuel companies to achieve capital accumulation and climate obstruction?
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Climate obstruction and capital accumulation by feigned victimization: TC Energy and the political economy of investor-state dispute settlement | Business and Politics | Cambridge Core
Climate obstruction and capital accumulation by feigned victimization: TC Energy and the political economy of investor-state dispute settlement
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This story flags the UK-China BIT. But n.b. the relatively narrow ISDS clause in the treaty (covers investor-State disputes 'concerning an amount of compensation'). British Steel crisis spurs greater scrutiny of Chinese investment in UK - on.ft.com/4lKtUGK via @FT
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British Steel crisis spurs greater scrutiny of Chinese investment in UK
Ministers urged to review Beijing’s role in critical national infrastructure and supply chains
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
EU could tax Big Tech if Trump trade talks fail, says von der Leyen - on.ft.com/3Yptuvc via @FT
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EU could tax Big Tech if Trump trade talks fail, says von der Leyen
European Commission president tells FT she wants ‘balanced’ deal but could hit US services in retaliation
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Brett Fortnam @brettfortnam.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Some important details on the tariff order Trump just signed (1/n) (read this story for all the details: insidetrade.com/daily-news/t...)
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UPDATE: Trump imposes 10 percent baseline tariff and ‘reciprocal’ duties for dozens of countries | InsideTrade.com
The U.S. will impose a 10 percent tariff on all trading partners as well as individualized, "reciprocal tariffs" for a slew of countries that treat the U.S. unfairly, President Trump announced on Wedn...
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
'First Quantum said on Monday it suspended an arbitration notice it had filed under a Canada-Panama bilateral free trade deal, and dropped another case filed with the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration.' on.ft.com/4i00FfX via @FT
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Canadian copper miner drops $20bn arbitration demand against Panama
First Quantum decision suggests movement to resolve investor dispute with Central American government
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
'Britain has offered to scrap or scale back its digital services tax and has discussed cutting 20 per cent tariffs on some fish and seafood products deemed by the US government as being “high”.' Keir Starmer braced for Trump tariffs as UK seeks better outcome than EU - on.ft.com/41SsWAf via @FT
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Keir Starmer braced for Trump tariffs as UK seeks better outcome than EU
Prime minister still hopes to secure a trade deal with the US president
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International & Comparative Law Quarterly @iclq.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Have you read the latest ICLQ issue? Excellent articles on #investmentlaw, #humanrightsatsea, #lawofneutrality and #governmentliability in tort for the #waronterror, among others. 9 of the 10 articles are #OpenAccess. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports - on.ft.com/41RTSAg via @FT
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EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports
Scale of tariff action by Trump administration requires bloc to consider using more powerful trade tools, officials say
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Donald Trump to impose 25% tariff on US auto imports - on.ft.com/42k1RpK via @FT
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Donald Trump to impose 25% tariff on US auto imports
New levy marks significant escalation in president’s trade war
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Edward Guntrip @ejguntrip.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I am excited to announce the publication of this Academic Forum on ISDS Concept Paper, co-authored with @jpaine.bsky.social and Catharine Titi. Our paper examines the scope of UNCITRAL WGIII's mandate when reforms span procedural and substantive aspects of ISDS. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Intersection of Substance and Procedure in the Work of UNCITRAL Working Group III: The Questions of Damages, the Right to Regulate and Counterclaims
This work represents the views of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the Academic Forum on ISDS and its members. The Academic Forum on ISDS doe
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Looking forward to catching up w many colleagues at the SIEL conference in July. I'll be presenting a paper on 'Novel Forms of Investment-Related International Agreements: Moving beyond IIAs focused on Investment Protection and ISDS?'.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
'The country was “not on the frontier of best practice”, the OECD said last year, citing protracted screenings of foreign investments and controls on foreign ownership of assets including natural resources. It described inward FDI as “small” for an open economy.'
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New Zealand pitches itself as ‘safe harbour’ for foreign investments
PM Christopher Luxon looks to put country ‘squarely on the map’ after Jacinda Ardern era
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Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Government of Canada announced that it would take action under the Investment Canada Act to protect Canadian companies from foreign investors looking to capitalize on the current economic uncertainty and weakening Canadian dollar. Modified guidelines below: ised-isde.canada.ca/site/investm...
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Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments - Investment Canada Act
Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Before people get too drawn into this, there is a significant jurisdictional obstacle here for #Sudan: #UAE made a reservation to Article IX when acceding to the #GenocideConvention. In other words, the UAE does *not* consent to #ICJ jurisdiction over Genocide Convention disputes.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets - on.ft.com/41B4iUx via @FT
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Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets
French discuss proposal for Kremlin to lose securities if it breaches a future ceasefire
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The International Court of Justice has elected Judge Iwasawa Yuji as President until 2027.
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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 05/02/2025
The Functions of International Adjudication and International Environmental Litigation by Joshua Paine Uses the focus of environmental disputes to develop a novel comparative analysis of the functions of international courts and tribunals. 📚 cup.org/42HatHC
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The Functions of International Adjudication and International Environmental Litigation
Cambridge Core - UN and International Organisations - The Functions of International Adjudication and International Environmental Litigation
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
'British officials said the two sides were aiming for a phased economic and tech agreement that stopped short of a full free trade agreement'. My guess - might only amount to a non-binding MoU.
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US and UK in talks on trade deal that could spare Britain from tariffs
Donald Trump says America is looking to forge pact as ‘quickly as it can be done’
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Text of Ukraine-US minerals agreement: 'This Bilateral Agreement is binding and will be implemented by each Participant according to its domestic procedures.'
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Trump Announces Inquiry That Could Lead to Tariffs on Copper www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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Trump Announces Inquiry That Could Lead to Tariffs on Copper
Tariffs, if they are imposed, could boost U.S. production of a valuable resource but also raise costs for automakers, construction companies and others.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
On the IFDA 'India continued its outright opposition. South Africa and Türkiye continued to say they are still studying the proposal and are not yet ready to accept it.'
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
New Zealand loosens ‘golden visa’ rules to attract investors - on.ft.com/40SqGHB via @FT
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New Zealand loosens ‘golden visa’ rules to attract investors
Some applicants need only spend one week a year in country and English skills no longer required
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I have a new piece out in World Trade Review ‘Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments’ (Open Access) doi.org/10.1017/S147... I argue that the scholarly field of investment law has ... /1
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Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments | World Trade Review | Cambridge Core
Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I have a new piece out in World Trade Review ‘Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments’ (Open Access) doi.org/10.1017/S147... I argue that the scholarly field of investment law has ... /1
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Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments | World Trade Review | Cambridge Core
Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
'Mexico, China and Canada account for more than a third of the goods and services imported to or bought from the United States'. Trump Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China Will Take Effect on Saturday www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b...
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Trump Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China Will Take Effect on Saturday
The White House press secretary said the president would move forward with levies on America’s largest trading partners, raising the prospect of a disruptive trade war.
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
All you wanted to know (and probably more) about the sandeels dispute from the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Library. Note it’s the Danes and not the dastardly frogs who are mainly concerned on the EU side. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-uk-eu-di...
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The UK-EU dispute over sandeels
On 28 to 30 January 2025, the EU and the UK will take part in an arbitration hearing in The Hague in a dispute over the UK ban on sandeel fishing in its waters.
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Mexico and Canada forge united front in face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats - on.ft.com/42rLSq4 via @FT
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Mexico and Canada forge united front in face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats
US trade partners warn new measures would harm consumers in all three countries
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Joshua Paine @jpaine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Reports of the Philippines looking into filing another case against China re environmental damage in the South China Sea (I assume pursuant to UNCLOS Pt XV) theasialive.com/philippines-...
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Philippines Set to File Legal Action Against China Over Environmental Damage in South China Sea
The Philippines is on the brink of initiating an international lawsuit against China, seeking accountability for alleged environmental destruction in the South China Sea. Justice Secretary Crispin Rem...
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