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Article: BEYOND CARBON:WHY INCLUSIVE TRADE MUST BE CENTRAL TO SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL POLICY CTIL Magazine – 9th Anniversary Edition, “The Emerging Sustainability Landscape: Responding to Shifting Winds”, Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), Indian
Contribution to the 9th Anniversary Edition of the CTIL Magazine, published by the Centre for Trade and Investment Law with the support of India’s Department of Commerce and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, under the editorship of Prof. James…
Gender Equality in Trade Agreements: The Illusion of Inclusion by Imitation”, Journal of International Economic Law.
Article accepted for publication, analysing whether gender provisions in trade agreements are copied from existing templates and what this imitation Document:https://academic.oup.com/jiel/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jiel…
Book chapter: “Integrating Gender Considerations in Trade Agreements: An Experiential Look at Focus Areas”, in The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law, Cambridge University Press.
Chapter (pp. 471–494; with Nadia Hasham, Chin Lim and Joel Trachtman) offering a practice-based look at the focus areas for integrating gender considerations in trade agreements. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404413470_Integrating_Gender…
Policy paper: “Trade Agreements and Disability Inclusion: Demystifying the Disconnect Between Barriers and Policy Solutions”, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and TAF2+.
Paper identifying the barriers persons with disabilities face in trade and the disconnect between those barriers and the policy solutions currently found in trade agreements.
Revisiting transparency standards in investor–state dispute settlement vis-a-vis third-party funding: how much transparency is too much transparency?
This article examines the relationship between transparency and legitimacy in investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) jurisprudence, particularly in the context of Third-Party Funding (TPF). The initial section of the paper scrutinizes transparency…
The Reparation Theory in European Union Damages Liabilities Cases: Challenges for Data Breaches
As data breaches often affect a large number of data subjects, the material and non-material damages sustained from the violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are staggering. Meanwhile, EU law lacks clarity on this subject.…
The Emerging Model for Harmonizing Cross-Border Data Transfer Laws: From the APEC’s to the Global CBPR Framework
Cross-border data transfer is a controversial topic in modern digital trade law due to the different positions of major economies. While several efforts to harmonize cross-border data transfer laws have been made in the multilateral or regional…
From Confrontation To Coexistence: An Appeal Opt-Out Arrangement As An Inclusive Approach To Revive The WTO Dispute Settlement System?
Resolving the crisis in the dispute settlement system is a priority issue for the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Members have made sustained efforts in this regard. Since the Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12), discussions on…
Inclusive Trade Through Online Presence
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have reduced trade costs providing enterprises greater opportunity to access international markets. Using the World Bank's enterprise survey data covering more than 180 000 enterprises from…
Disciplining CBDCs: Achieving the Balance between Privacy Protection and Central Bank Independence
Central bank digital currency (“CBDC”) is a crucial FinTech development that aspires to overhaul the current payment system. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBDCs' promises to reduce personal contact, facilitate socially desirable use of…