The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a controversial subject, but at the same time it is perceived to be the most comprehensive international agreement on free trade and investment protection. Among the topics that evoke criticism on the part of different social groups is...

This article reflects on the suitability of including non-legal arbitrators in certain investment arbitrations. It presents different mechanisms that have been used in the investment arbitration context to aid legal arbitrators with scientific-technical issues and contemplates the drawbacks of...

In 2013, the European Union and the United States embarked on ambitious negotiations to establish a new free trade area under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). By mid-2014, however, according to numerous press reports, the TTIP negotiations foundered because of the...

The world is going through strikingly fast and comprehensive transformation. The harmonization of the bilateral or multilateral regulations and standards all over the world will make market penetrations much easier, or harder. This is also a critical turn for the overall Turkish economic and...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) presents an historic opportunity for the European Union and the United States to remove regulatory divergence – today's most prominent obstacle to trade exchanges –, thereby increasing economic growth for the citizens of both...