This paper explores the systemic problems that plague provision-dependent investment protection reforms in CETA, TTIP, and other recent EU-FTAs. The authors suggest that the current international investment system's asymmetrical structure precludes effective reforms because reforms that “level...

This paper explores the nature of WTO law. Specifically, it examines the question whether and to what extent WTO law protects community interests. It thereby revisits, seen through the lens of the community interest concept, the interrelated scholarly debates about whether the WTO's legal system...

In der vorliegenden Dissertation wird der Aufstieg der chinesischen Volkswährung - Renminbi - an den Weltfinanzmärkten untersucht. Es geht vor allem um zwei Fragen: (1) warum China vom Land mit den bedeutendsten Währungsreserven zu einem Land mit einer bedeutenden Reservewährung übergehen...

Following the expiry of Article 15(a)(ii) of China's Accession Protocol to the WTO, the European Union faced the substantive challenge to rework its Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation. This paper seeks to provide an overview over the legislative process of the new Anti-Dumping methodology of the...

This paper explores the systemic problems that plague provision-dependent investment protection reforms in CETA, TTIP, and other recent EU-FTAs. The authors suggest that the current international investment system's asymmetrical structure precludes effective reforms because reforms that “level...

The 25th of November 2009 denoted the 50th anniversary of the signing of the first worldwide bilateral investment treaty, which was concluded between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Federal Republic of Germany and established to promote and to protect international investment. In...

Seit Ausbruch der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise ist weltweit ein enormer Anstieg staatlicher Defizite und Schuldenstände zu beobachten. Was bedeutet die Entwicklung für die Europäische Währungsunion? Charles B. Blankart und Erik R. Fasten, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, finden es...