Geraldo Vidigal

Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam

Geraldo Vidigal is Assistant Professor in Public International Law and International Trade Law at the University of Amsterdam. He received his PhD in International Law from the University of Cambridge and has worked as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the WTO Legal Affairs Division. Geraldo is the Managing Editor of the journal Legal Issues of Economic Integration.

Opinion

Making regional dispute settlement attractive: The “Court of Arbitration” option

7 June 2018

Geraldo Vidigal

Regional trade agreement dispute settlement is prejudiced by the lack of a support structure for panels. Using an external body – as proposed in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement – is a cost-effective way of addressing this issue. Using a court of arbitration – such as the Permanent Court...

Addressing interstate dispute settlement concerns in mega-regional agreements

4 May 2018

Geraldo Vidigal, Stephan W. Schill

The stalemate in WTO Appellate Body appointments may help bring to life dispute settlement in “mega-regional” trade agreements, such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). These agreements...