As substantive economic and social phenomena, international trade and investment are inextricably linked. Yet like twins separated at birth, for decades they have been regulated by discrete international legal systems. Despite the historic parting of their respective legal systems, international...

Rules of origin (ROOs) aim to determine whether a particular trade concession will be applied to a given product in international trade. Certain features of ROOs make them particularly susceptible for employment as an instrument of foreign and domestic policies. Though some of those political...

One feature of globalization is that barriers to international competition have come to be associated with differences in regulatory policies that increase the costs of engaging in cross-border sales. Such non-tariff measures (NTMs) have attracted growing attention from policy makers and raise...