General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Climate, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Processes or production methods (PPMs), Trade Law, WTO

(S.Noël Law Office (Geneva), member of the Global Trade & Customs Journal Editorial Board)/ /Leave a comment

2. The implications of the status quo for non-product related PPMs measures The issue of the assessment of non-product-related PPMs measures under the GATT is critical for climate policies and trade. As noted in Part 1, WTO Members wishing to implement non-product related PPMs measures will likely be blamed for infringing WTO law, regardless of…

Climate, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Processes or production methods (PPMs), Trade Law, WTO

(S.Noël Law Office (Geneva), member of the Global Trade & Customs Journal Editorial Board)/ /Leave a comment

Processes or production methods (PPMs) of goods are connected to many environmental crises the world is facing. The most notable in this respect are PPMs leading to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Naturally, many of the measures of environmental protection that are increasingly taken or under consideration by governments (especially those taken to comply with their…

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Trade Law, USA, WTO

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Is there any practical value to international agreements without enforcement instruments? And can the multilateral rules of the world trade system hold the trust of the member states, so that they continue to adhere to the mutual benefits and obligations under WTO law – even if the WTO dispute settlement system is totally or even…

5G, Cybersecurity, EU Law, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Trade Law, WTO

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I. Introduction In Part 1 of this post, we examined the draft amendment to the Polish Act on the National Cybersecurity System [“Polish National Cybersecurity Act”] introduced by the Polish Minister for Digitization on 7 September 2020.[1] We explained that Draft Article 66a of the Polish Act sets out new regulations for the Polish telecommunications…

Covid-19, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Trade Law, WTO

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1. Introduction The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the frontline many national law and policy issues, from the importance of national health systems to work security. Similarly, in the international arena the outbreak of COVID-19 has shown the fragility of global supply chains and global cooperation.[1] While appeals not to destroy supply chains abound,…

Australia, China, Covid-19, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Russia, Trade Law, USA

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Introduction The novel Covid-19 is spreading expeditiously through China and resultantly, U.S. and Australia have imposed a ban on travellers who have been through China in light of its safety and security concerns. WTO primarily regulates the goods and services and not the movement of persons however there is an increased probability of imposition of…