Risk and precaution in World Trade Organization Law

Article Abstract:

The principles of World Trade Organization (WTO) law that govern Member State discretion to make decisions about the existence and significance of risk and the appropriateness of a trade-restricting response is examined. Key characteristics of risk analysis, the precautionary principle and the problem of standards of review in World Trade Organization law are examined.

Asset & Risk Management, Evaluation, Risk management, World Trade Organization, Powers and duties, Dispute resolution (Law)

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Core labour standards in trade agreements: From multilateralism to bilateralism

Article Abstract:

The traditional economic analysis is re-assessed and the pro- and anti-social clause arguments of interest groups within developed and developing countries are evaluated to describe the national choices concerning labour standards. The inclusion of such clauses in multilateral trade law might be less dangerous than its non-inclusion.

Analysis, Labor law, Labour law, Labor reform, Labour reform, Multilateralism

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