Following the 2008 financial crisis the EU reformed the regulatory regime pertaining to clearinghouses (or CCPs), and in particular the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. This paper evaluates whether the EU regime for CCPs is consistent with WTO Law and discusses how regulatory and...

This article aims at illustrating that the significance of a claim under GATT Article X:3(a) has increased especially in relation to GATT Article XI:1. Specifically, it attempts to demonstrate that, in some circumstances, a complainant would be able to achieve better outcome from an as such...

Cross-issue linkage in trade negotiations provides a powerful tool to advance multilateral agreements by allowing negotiators to overcome vested interests that block progress on any one issue through offsetting concessions in unrelated areas. When used to advance regulatory harmonization,...