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The UAE and Australia have now signed their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (trademinister.gov.au/minister/don-f…) with the full text available here: dfat.gov.au/trade/agreemen…. Lots to dig through - including a separate Investment Agreement (without ISDS).

For those following the Mexico - GE Corn USMCA dispute, here's the latest timetable: worldtradelaw.net/usmca/misc/mex… Looks like initial report is already with parties, final going to parties Nov 29 then circulated to public in December.

In this momentous time in history, read our new piece: Bargaining in the Shadow of Awards academic.oup.com/ejil/advance-a…

✅ The EU and Taiwan have reached an agreement on offshore wind auctions. Taiwan will introduce more flexibility and remove localisation requirements. If these commitments are respected, the EU will not pursue the case further at the WTO. 👉 europa.eu/!v43DPb

PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will hold public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, from Monday 2 to Friday 13 December 2024. bit.ly/48OT80r

Thrilled to be the lead article in the latest edition of International and Comparative Law Quarterly 'Control Mechanisms in Multilateral Investment Tribunals: Navigating Procedural Multilateralism and Substantive Bilateralism’ (open access) doi.org/10.1017/S00205… Thread: x.com/painejosh1/sta… Bristol Law School

Looking forward to engaging with the piece here from Joshua Paine. One of the remaining outstanding conceptual issues to be addressed in the UNCITRAL work on investment dispute settlement reform.

#BREAKING UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution requesting ICJ advisory opinion on the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States VOTE RESULTS In favor: 137 Against: 12 Abstain: 22

For everyone who has been waiting so patiently for it, the USMCA panel report in the Mexico - GE Corn case is now out: ustr.gov/sites/default/… The Panel found a number of violations, and also found that these violations were not justified under the exceptions.

New Issue of International & Comparative Law Quarterly now available 📚 cup.org/3ZKwoKU BIICL International and Comparative Law Quarterly

A new blogpost by me with EJIL: Talk! on 'A Multilateral Instrument on ISDS Reform (MIIR): Selected Design Issues' ejiltalk.org/a-multilateral…