I am pleased to be among the lead signatories of the letter along with friends and colleagues like Dani Rodrik, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Zephyr Teachout. #ISDS #ICSID YoungICCA Anne-Sylvaine Chassany Alan Beattie Ana Swanson Soumaya Keynes Simon Lester George Katrougalos/Γιώργος Κατρούγκαλος Chrystia Freeland

Nearly 300 economics, law professors urge Biden to remove ISDS from FTAs dlvr.it/T5Xz55

Do investment treaties promote good governance? Do they encourage government officials to act reasonably and proportionately, and to follow norms of due process? After years of empirical work, our answer is: No onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Zoe P. Williams 1/

More than 300 professors of law and economics urged the Biden administration to eliminate Investor-State Dispute Settlement #ISDS in existing U.S. trade and investment agreements. citizen.org/news/300-profe…

300+ academics call on #Biden to drop all #ISDS provisions in FTAs and BITs. impactpolicies.org/news/386/300-a…

#WBGMeetings: Leading economists will answer questions from journalists about the #G20's roadmap to tax the super-rich. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Esther Duflo, Jose Antonio Ocampo, Gabriel Zucman. 📆Wed 17th April 📷 3-3.45pm (EDT) Room: HQ2-10B-248

Criticism of #ISDS was once brushed aside as uninformed dissent. Dismissed as the grumblings of anti-globalists/inexperienced academics with agendas. Yet these voices have grown in number & continue gaining credibility & momentum. The tide is fundamentally turning: 300+ strong 💪

El pueblo ecuatoriano no comió cuento. Bravo 🇪🇨👏

I’m sure it will be a great disappointment for the advocates to learn that industrial policy is no magic bullet. Can you imagine the IMF summarizing another study as “central bank independence is no magic bullet…”.? That’s how your ideology shows.

Todo un entramado oculto, complejo, descentralizado y represivo protege intereses sionistas Cristóbal Vásquez FRANCE 24 Español 👇 france24.com/es/ee-uu-y-can…

With eyes on 🇻🇪, here are 5 key takeaways from the Post's recent exposé of US sanctions policy. (1) Venezuela's sanctions-fueled crisis was the largest peacetime economic contraction in modern history.

NEW: Our paper by Andrés Arauz @ivana_v_l Francisco Amsler urges IMF to use its power to address global debt challenges. Removing surcharges is a crucial first step. The IMF must adapt its policies to meet current global needs. #StopIMFSurcharges i.mtr.cool/rurhrtzrnh

Recibimos una delegación de altos funcionarios y congresistas de Estados Unidos y México para fortalecer nuestros lazos y abordar temas como la transición energética, migración, comercio e inversión. De cara a la COP16 que se celebrará en Colombia, resaltamos, en este mismo

"Our sincere gratitude to the 46 U.S. Congress members who have voiced their support for Colombia's peace efforts. Their recent letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken advocating enhanced U.S. backing of the 2016 Peace Agreement and further negotiations with armed groups

Colombia hosted a delegation of senior officials and lawmakers from the United States and Mexico to discuss and strengthen cooperation on energy transition, migration, trade, and investment. In preparation for #COP16Colombia, we stress the critical need to advance the

Slowly but surely, a consensus is forming that countries should withdraw from Investor-State Dispute Settlement #ISDS. Here, yet another call, echoing many before it and supported by more and more members of Congress urging the removal of #ISDS from US agreements 👇👇👇CEPR

The Global Tax Body is in NYC fighting for a #UNTaxConvention ToR rooted in #TaxJustice 🌍🌏🌎

Countries are on course to lose $4.8 TRILLION to tax havens over the next 10 years. As we speak, countries at the #UN are negotiating our best shot to stop this. Only an ambitious Terms of Reference (#ToR) for the #UNtaxConvention can deliver the change the world needs.

NEW: ~40 legal orgs and 200 lawyers, including top scholars, say broad US economic sanctions amount to collective punishment and violate international law. Signers below👇

Gregory Shaffer hosted quite a few of us intl econ law scholars at his lovely DC home after great day of exchanges. L-R, Sonia E. Rolland, Kathleen Claussen, Henry Gao Mario R. Osorio Hernandez Michael Waibel, Greg, Vikram Raghavan, R. Daniel Kelemen Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Alvaro Santos, me, Pierre-Hugues Verdier