Several recent studies have discussed the ramifications of the China-Raw Materials case for China's rare earths. However, none of these studies has conducted a thorough investigation of China's current export quota regime for rare earths or how it might stand up under WTO rules, assuming that it...

Among other provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, a new clause on encryption technology (‘Encryption Clause') is particularly noteworthy. By tracing the history of decades-long encryption control, this Article underscores how such clause implicates international order....

Emerging as a comprehensive and aggressive governance scheme in China, the “Social Credit System” (SCS) seeks to promote the norms of “trust” in the Chinese society by rewarding behavior that is considered “trust-keeping” and punishing those considered “trust-breaking.” This...

Following the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the ‘suitability' and ‘appropriateness' focus for financial advice has been relocated and supplemented by a ‘best interests' focus in s 961B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Yet, as the Australian Government's Royal Commission into...

The past decades have witnessed a sea change in the international intellectual property rights (IPRs) regime. Among other developments, the rise of China as a new global power and its role in shaping IPRs by virtue of both domestic reforms and the participation in bilateral and multilateral...