In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that he wanted to resurrect the legendary Silk Road; he proposed a titanic project to build hundreds of roads, bridges, and railroads to connect China and Europe. In China, the government also speaks of the ‘Belt and Road initiative' (One Belt, One...

There seems to be two paths for reform of the WTO: (a) internal reforms which consist of measures to meet the current deficiency including the strengthening of anti-subsidy measures, measures prohibiting forced transfer of technology, the creation of mechanism which would review Appellate Body...

Issues in international trade, investment, transfer of technology and other economic resources are closely linked with each other and the governance of international trading system requires cooperative relationship among different international organizations and international forum such as the...

This book seeks to answer the questions: how do the rules of international treaties on trade and investment apply to the new laws and policies relating to energy-related trade, and do the rules of the multilateral system contribute to or detract from sustainable development? An emerging set of...

In light of the stagnating World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, this article argues that WTO should not only focus on the development of new rules or the resolution of disputes, but should also develop 'soft law' on the basis of informal mechanisms as the successful experiences of the...