Trade relations are governed by the multilateral GATT, whereas the avoidance of international double taxation rests on a network of around 2000 bilateral treaties. Given the two regimes' similar economic rationales this difference between bilateralism in international double tax avoidance and...

In this paper the disparate developments in the normative systems of world trade, international investment and international taxation are focused on from the perspective of Public International Law and the overall coherence of tax policy and practice within these systems. A particular focus from...