Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era

Amrita Bahri is Assistant Professor of International Trade Law at ITAM, Mexico.Weihuan Zhou is Senior Lecturer and Member of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, Australia.Daria Boklan is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

• 1. Introduction: Rethinking, Repackaging and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic EraWeihuan Zhou (UNSW, Australia), Amrita Bahri (ITAM, Mexico) and Daria Boklan (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)Part I - Rethinking World Trade Law and the Pandemic 2. An Overview of Trade-Related Measures Taken by WTO Members during the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Few Reflections ThereonJan Bohanes (Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Switzerland)3. Export Restrictions on Food Commodities during the COVID-19 Crisis: Implications for Food Security and the Role of the WTOIlaria Espa (University of Lugano, Switzerland)4. Time to Reform the Non-Actionable Subsidy Rules in the WTO: The COVID-19 Subsidies and BeyondRu Ding (Chinese University of Political Science and Law, China)5. Re-Thinking WTO DSB Jurisdiction in Light of the Pandemic, Climate Change and Other Evolving ThreatsAlexandra Harrington (Albany Law School, USA)6. The WTO and Brazil’s Trade Responses amid the Pandemic: Can Transparency Overcome Populism?Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil) and Magali Fernandes (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)Part II - Repackaging World Trade Law and Sustainable Development7. Trade and UN SDGs 2030: The Interplay between Public International Law and Contract LawLorenza Mola (University of Turin, Italy) and Cristina Poncibò (University of Turin, Italy)8. Combating Climate Change under the WTO: Exploring the Relevance of Process and Production Methods Daria Boklan (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)9. The EU Green Deal and International Trade Law: Bringing Trade and Sustainability TogetherLuana Almeida (CLOO Behavioral Insights Unit, Portugal)10. Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: What Have We Achieved, and What More Is Needed for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Recovery?Amrita Bahri (ITAM, Mexico)Part III - Rescuing World Trade Law and Other Fundamental Challenges11. The Current State of Dispute Settlement at the WTO: How Did We Get Here and What Next?Jan Yves Remy (Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, Barbados)12. Precedent in the MPIA: What Role for Consistency and Predictability?Mariana Clara de Andrade (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)13. Is the Phase One Deal the Emergence of a ‘New Generation’ of Bilateral Trade Agreements that Challenge the WTO?Maria Manuela Moccero (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina)14. China’s Response to the ‘Market-Oriented Conditions’ Proposal for WTO Reform and its Implications in the Era of (Post-) COVID-19Luyao Che (Chinese University of Political Science and Law, China)15. Winning Strategy or Own Goal? Reflections on the United States Exiting the Trans-Pacific PartnershipMeredith Kolsky Lewis (University at Buffalo, USA)

This book reinforces the importance of the multilateral trading system and provides thought-provoking reflections on the future regulation of international trade given many of the contemporary issues we are grappling with such as the recovery from the pandemic and the need to better reflect sustainability concerns in our trade discourse. A very timely intervention, and a must read.