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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

Cutting the Gordian Knot: Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte

21 November 2018
Stephan W. Schill, Geraldo Vidigal
RTA Exchange

The evolution of substantive investment protections in recent trade and investment treaties

12 November 2018
Catharine Titi
Substantive standards in new international investment agreements converge, including between Europe and North America. Typical features of convergence include market access commitments, broad most-favoured-nation and national treatment clauses, a narrowing of some substantive standards, and broad...
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

The Evolution of Substantive Investment Protections in Recent Trade and Investment Treaties

7 November 2018
Catharine Titi
RTA Exchange

Towards a multilateral investment facilitation framework: Elements in international investment agreements

12 October 2018
Rodrigo Polanco Lazo
Investment facilitation measures that are correctly designed and effectively implemented have the potential to advance sustainable investment. Certain elements of investment facilitation can be found in existing international investment agreements, including both bilateral investment treaties and...
RTA Exchange

Services facilitation in regional trade agreements and opportunities for convergence

9 October 2018
Marta Soprana
Services facilitation refers to the simplification, modernisation, and harmonisation of services regulations with a view to reducing transaction costs. It is a key component of the Facilitation 2.0 framework. So far the most significant advances in rule-making on services facilitation have taken...
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

Facilitation 2.0: Services and Trade in the Digital Age

1 October 2018
Marta Soprana
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

Facilitation 2.0: E-Commerce and Trade in the Digital Age

27 September 2018
Maria Ptashkina
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

International Investment Obligations and Industrial Policy: Evolution in Treaty Practice

26 September 2018
Mark Feldman
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

Facilitation 2.0: Investment and Trade in the Digital Age

25 September 2018
Rodrigo Polanco Lazo
RTA Exchange

Industrial policy measures and sustainability in international investment agreements

21 September 2018
Mark Feldman
States now face two competing – and strengthening – influences with respect to industrial policy: heightened scrutiny of industrial policy measures and heightened expectations for achieving sustainable development. With increasing frequency, states are addressing and balancing those competing...
Environment

The circular economy – What’s trade got to do with it?

14 September 2018
Malena Sell , Nani Pajunen
Our current resource use is unsustainable – the circular economy provides a solution through its focus on behavioural change, resource and energy efficiency, and the closing of material loops. The focus of the circular economy is on the full life cycle of products. In today’s globalised world, raw...
RTA Exchange

Practical ideas for aiding regional trade dispute settlement now

11 September 2018
Amy Porges
Effective dispute settlement raises the value of trade agreements and the return on governments’ investment in trade agreement negotiations. Three practical ideas could help governments negotiate and administer dispute settlement more effectively: better information on options, information on how...
RTA Exchange

How technology can help navigate the trade law spaghetti bowl

24 August 2018
Wolfgang Alschner
Regional trade agreement (RTA) rules cover policy areas vital for 21st century trade , but can be surprisingly hard to find and complex to navigate. By making RTA texts available in a machine-readable format, a new RTA Exchange tool helps stakeholders of trade agreements make more informed...
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JUN
2018
10:00 - 18:00

Ongoing Evolution of Investment Policymaking in RTAs and IIAs

Organised by
ICTSD, IDB
Geneva, Switzerland
RTA Exchange

From Facilitation 2.0 to trade policy 3.0: Opportunities to expand and extend the rules of global trade

11 June 2018
Craig Atkinson
Continued expansion of the multilateral agenda through the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and beyond, or Facilitation 2.0, represents a coherent basis for extending trade policy’s design and delivery via digital technologies. A more comprehensive trade facilitation agenda...
11-12
JUN
2018

Facilitation 2.0 in Regional Trade Agreements: Enabling Trade in the Digital Age

Organised by
ICTSD, IDB
Geneva, Switzerland
RTA Exchange

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...
RTA Exchange

Seeking the best forum for regional trade agreement disputes

15 May 2018
Henry Gao
Many proposals have been put forward to address the problematic nature of dispute settlement mechanisms found in regional trade agreements. This piece discusses two of them: using dispute settlement mechanisms under mega-regional agreements and resorting to existing arbitration and investment...
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
RTA Exchange

Designing Common but Differentiated Rules for Regional Trade Disputes

8 May 2018
Amy Porges
RTA Exchange

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...
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