Prof. Smit has expressed the view that eliminating party-appointed arbitrators would be beneficial for the integrity of the dispute settlement mechanism, especially in the investment field, because it would avoid any doubt of partiality and complacency. The author argues that these concerns can...

The international investment regime is changing, both as to substantive protections and ISDS restructuring. Are USMCA's changes a new "gold standard?" This Perspective doubts, since they are the result of various political pressures that have led to abolishing ISDS with Canada, while introducing...

Bringing together articles by some of the leading policy-makers, including previous WTO Director-Generals, practitioners, scholars of international trade law, government officials, international civil servants, members of the WTO Appellate Body, and judges from a number of international...