International Economic Law

The WTO Gambling Dispute: Antigua Mulls Retaliation as the U.S. Negotiates Withdrawal of its GATS Commitments

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12
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5
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Simon Lester
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A WTO Panel Openly Rejects the Appellate Body's "Zeroing" Case Law

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12
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3
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Sungjoon Cho
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ICSID Annulment Committee Rules on the Relationship between Customary and Treaty Exceptions on Necessity in Situations of Financial Crisis

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11
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30
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Jürgen T. Kurtz
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Canadian-made Drugs for Rwanda: The First Application of the WTO Waiver on Patents and Medicines

On July 17, 2007, Rwanda notified the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) that it plans to import the HIV-drug TriAvir from the Canadian company Apotex and will not enforce any patents granted in that respect in Rwanda.[1] Two months later, Canada issued a compulsory license allowing Apotex to use nine patented inventions for manufacturing and exporting TriAvir to Rwanda.

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11
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28
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Holger P. Hestermeyer
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WTO Panel decision in Brazil - Tyres supports safeguarding environmental values

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11
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23
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Julia Qin
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: Supreme Court Upholds New York City Action for Tax Liens against UN Missions

In its previous session, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Permanent Mission of India to the United States v.

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11
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22
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Alexander K.A. Greenawalt
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German Constitutional Court Rules on Necessity in Argentine Bondholder Case

On May 8, 2007, the German Constitutional Court (the "Bundesverfassungsgericht") handed down a decision on the question of whether Argentina could invoke necessity under general international law as an affirmative defense against claims brought in German courts by private individuals for the country's default on sovereign bonds in early 2002.[1] While the Court accepted that necessity was recognized as precluding the wrongfulness of a breach of internation

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11
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20
Author: 
Stephan W. Schill
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The Bush Administration and Democrats Reach a Bipartisan Deal on Trade Policy

Introduction

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11
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15
Author: 
Sungjoon Cho
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Australian Inquiry into Corporate Responsibility for Complicity in Efforts to Manipulate Humanitarian Exceptions to Security Council Sanctions Regimes

In September 2005, the UN Independent Inquiry Committee ('IIC' or 'Volcker Inquiry

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10
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35
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Stephen Tully
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The European Court of Justice Approves Lawsuits By The European Community Against Cigarette Companies In U.S. Courts

On September 12, 2006, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) sanctioned the decision of the European Community (EC) and member states to bring actions for damages against certain cigarette manufacturers in United States courts. The decision grew out of the companies' unsuccessful attempt to have the European Court of First Instance preclude any such lawsuits.

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10
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31
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Ernesto J. Sanchez
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