WP1
Trade Governance
This work package studies challenges to governing the international trading system, both in the public and private realm. Research addresses governance issues in a multi-layered system. The sub-projects build upon and complement findings of the research conducted in Phase I of the NCCR trade regulation. Phase II focuses on two major areas of research not explicitly addressed so far: judicial governance and the role of private actors in international trade disputes, in law-making and standard setting, in particular with regard to human rights and responsible governance. The WP tackles the traditional conceptual dichotomy of state-led and private-led governance and works within a framework that bridges both public and private elements of trade governance.
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1.3, topic I
Judicial governance at the WTO
The paradigm shift from the power-based GATT to the (...)
1.4, topic I
Compliance with WTO dispute rulings
Available data on GATT dispute settlement shows that a (...)
1.5, topic II
Human rights as drivers for corporate (...)
The project explores approaches of multinational (...)
1.6, topic II
Investment contracts and human rights
The project analyses current patterns of stabilisation (...)
1.7, topic II
Linking corporate governance and WTO law
This project addresses the issue of corruption in (...)
