The EU published today its text proposal for modernising the ECT. The intention to reform and incorporate sustainable development or a future investment court into the treaty is evident. trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/20…

At a time the U.S. disengages from IOs, Japan is aiming to step up its game. Awareness that standard setting is critical asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan…

Japan’s great concern is what China might do to Taiwan, its democratic neighbour and friend econ.trib.al/aCjnuDV

On 10 July, Brian Matthew Kotick joins Chris Campbell of Tales of the Tribunal podcast to talk about international arbitration podcasts on a Zoom event hosted by DC Very Young Arbitration Practitioners. RSVP by emailing [email protected]

China starting a bunch of territorial disputes with its neighbors is a bad sign...

The 15th EU-India Summit yesterday saw both sides to reaffirm "their commitment to work towards balanced, ambitious and mutually-beneficial trade and investment agreements." consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

Washington's looming Huawei ban puts 800 Japanese companies on the spot s.nikkei.com/32phnlJ

The UAE's probe to Mars will be soon be carried into space by a Japanese rocket. And Japan has its own ambitions for the Red Planet in 2024. s.nikkei.com/2DR8mYr

This is great news! Japan's bureaucracy to go paperless in 1-year digital revolution. Hanko, you will be remembered! asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan…

Big,,,Chile picks Japan's trans-Pacific cable route in snub to China - Nikkei Asian Review asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Happy to share some ideas on the #ECT modernization and sustainable development in a Kluwer Arbitration Blog post with Jan Kunstýř: arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/07/25/ect…

We argue that the EU has in the modernization process a good opportunity to influence the development of global standards for investment protection in relation to climate change law (Paris Agreement).

Taiwan gets diplomatic boost with visit by Czech delegation – AFP barrons.com/news/taiwan-bu…

Chinese FM says Czech senate speaker will pay ‘heavy price’ for Taiwan visit – Reuters reuters.com/article/us-tai…

📢  BREAKING: the UK has just agreed its first trade deal as an independent trading nation 🇬🇧 🇯🇵   Our deal with Japan creates new opportunities for UK businesses that go far beyond the EU-Japan deal.  Here are 10 benefits: 1/11

The list of China's contentions with other countries is expanding. With the U.S., India, Australia, Canada and more recently with the Czech Republic, relations have soured. - Nikkei Asian Review asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks…

Season 5 is live! BoJo's issues with international law, an update on renewables claims and casting the #ISDSmovie! Who did we miss to cast and who did we get wrong? thearbitrationstation.com/blog/2020/9/28…

Sagar Gupta and Jan Kunstyr consider the recent English Commercial Court’s decision in EGF v HVF & Ors and its impact on the form of interim measures in English-seated arbitrations - blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/blog-post/2022… - Sagar Gupta Jan Kunstýř Boies Schiller Flexner - #Arbitration #UNCITRAL #OBLB

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If Britain’s Liberal Democrats want to replace the Conservatives, they must move further right on the economy econ.st/3TCmIjs 👇