Introduction -- Economic competition and the development of International Labour Law -- Multilateral Trade Law and labour -- International investment law and labour -- Preferential trade and investment agreements and labour -- Conclusions.

This book examines the international legal regime covering trade in legal services. While legal services are a vital component of the economies of many developed and emerging countries, they remain poorly liberalized with numerous restrictions undermining market access for foreign suppliers....

Against the backdrop of energy markets that have radically changed in recent decades, this book offers an in-depth study of energy regulation in international trade law. The author seeks to clarify what we define as 'energy' in the context of the applicable international trade rules, and gives...

Energy in the context of international trade law : concepts and changing markets -- The role of energy in international trade law history -- The current WTO legal framework relevant for energy -- Beyond the WTO : the energy charter treaty and preferential trade agreements -- Decentralising...

International investment agreements set ground rules for how host governments treat foreign investors. This companion volume to International Investment Perspectives provides an unparalleled source of information on four key issues: the definition of investor and investment; the interpretation...

"Yet by 2020, twenty-five years after the WTO's creation, it was the United States that has become the great disrupter - disenchanted with the rules' constraints, including on its ability to create new rules. It was the United States that flouted WTO rules in the name of "national security" and...

General provisions -- Prohibited subsidies -- Actionable subsidies - Non-actionable subsidies -- Countervailing measures -- Institutions -- Notification and surveillance -- Developing country members -- Transitional arrangements -- Dispute settlement -- Final provisions