This article analyzes the legal issues of the dispute between a State-owned company, Taiwan Power Company (TPC) and the Independent Power Producers (IPPs). It examines whether Taiwan has violated principles under the Taiwan-Japan BIA or international investment law as a result of the...

This paper traces the evolution of the US’s laws and policies toward Hong Kong running through the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act (US-HKPA), Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) to Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HKAA). The US-HKPA, enacted under the Clinton Administration, after the...

Since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control entered into force in 2005, tobacco companies face stricter and more active tobacco control measures adopted by contracting parties. They have initiated legal challenges against the implementations of the FCTC under the WTO and investor-state...

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the world we live in, and exerted negative impacts on business activities, including international trade and investments. In order to flatten the rocketing curve of confirmed COVID-19 cases, countries have implemented preventive...

Labor rights and working conditions may be affected if international trade and investment agreements are concluded between contracting parties. Some assert that these agreements advance states’ labor conditions because boosting economic activities creates job opportunities and raises wages....