"What have WTO accessions contributed to the rules-based multilateral trading system? What demands have been made by original WTO members on acceding governments? How have the acceding governments fared? This volume of essays offers critical readings on how WTO accession negotiations have...

This article intends to help understand the debate about TTIP by focusing on the specific issue of how TTIP may regulate investment protection of foreign-owned property. It gives an overview of the international law of expropriations of and other interferences with foreign-owned property for...

Introduction -- Alternatives to LCRS -- Survey and case studies -- Healthcare sector in Brazil -- Wind turbines in Canada -- The automobile industry in China -- Solar cells and modules in India -- Oil and gas in Nigeria -- Not buying it: buy American/buy America -- Conclusions and recommendations