Lessons learned from ACTA – European Commission transparency on TTIP
The European Commission (EC) has just published its position papers on a number of key aspects of the TTIP negotiations (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the United States). The...
View ArticleLet them stop eating pollution – The European ban on beaching of EU ships
When teaching International Environmental Law, I tend to at some point in the proceedings have the students ponder Lawrence Summers’ 1992 ‘Let them eat pollution‘ memo. It is a document most wonderful...
View ArticleBelgium’s origin labelling of products from Israeli – occupied territories. A...
The Belgian Government has published its ‘notice to retailers concerning origin labelling of products from Israeli occupied territories’. The initiative got a lot of press, in Belgium at least, the...
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