Biotechnology and the WTO have increasingly intersected following the growth of biotech trade. The regulatory challenge of biotechnology is a current subject of debate in the WTO. Biotechnology highlights emerging tensions between the effectiveness of the WTO law on biotech issues and the public...

The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009 which marked a new step in the overall process of European integration. The purpose of the Lisbon Treaty is to enhance institutional efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the enlarged Union, as well as the coherence of its external...

The EU is the most successful integration story in the post-Second World War period and its success is evidenced by deepening and widening trends. The success of the EU integration provides a stimulus and encouragement for regional economic cooperation through peaceful processes. Although the EU...

The European Union (EU) is entrusted with the task of developing a common foreign and security policy in order to both protect its interests and values as well as to play a constructive role in world affairs. The increase of the relative weight of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the...