Oceans as a Test for Multilateralism
11.11.2025
The ocean is both a metaphor and a mirror of international cooperation, being vast, liquid, and collective. It demonstrates, perhaps more graphically than any terrestrial setting, the evolving capacity of...
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- Interview
- Symposium
- The Person Behind the Practitioner
In Conversation with Dr Penelope Ridings
17.10.2025
Penelope Ridings
Antonio José Guzmán Mutis
Dr Ridings, thank you very much for accepting this kind invitation, which will constitute part of the Völkerrechtsblog symposium The Person behind the Practitioner. Thank you for inviting me to...
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Accord Explained
29.05.2025
The global reserve currency is weakening, US stock prices have fallen dramatically, and global growth is slowing significantly. The reason for this is the new US trade strategy: imposing high...
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Trump’s Tariff Plan
21.05.2025
Poorva Sharma
Vasujit Dubey
In February 2025, US President Donald Trump announced the Fair and Reciprocal Trade Plan (hereinafter ‘F&RP’), a comprehensive overhaul of US trade policy aimed at ‘rebalancing’ what he views as...
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XX (b), (g) and Everything in Between
27.01.2025
The interaction between trade and climate has become a legal and geopolitical hotbed. The European Union (‘EU’) recently decided to introduce a carbon tariff, which would result in hiked prices...
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Crossfire Commerce
16.05.2024
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has drawn in numerous foreign actors and impacted trade, leading to proposed trade sanctions against parties like Israel (such as Turkey’s trade ban), Iran, and...
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The EU’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach?
09.03.2024
The multilateral trading system continues to be in an uncertain state due to the ongoing Appellate Body crisis. The US has been incessantly blocking new judicial appointments over systemic concerns...
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An Instrument of Extortion?
31.01.2024
On August 6th 2020, US senators drafted an open letter threatening German companies involved in constructing the new gas pipeline Nord Stream II with sanctions. Nord Stream II is the...
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On the Potential of GATT Article XX for the Renewable Energy Sector
21.04.2023
Energy security is a critical concern for many States, as it involves ensuring reliable access to affordable energy resources. Therefore, renewable energy becomes indispensable for the growing energy needs of...
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold(fish)
18.07.2022
At the twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (12-17 June 2022), WTO Members reached a landmark Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (hereinafter: “the Agreement”). Pending ratification, the...
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