Time for a Collective Response to the United States Special 301 Report on Intellectual PropertyBy Viviana Muñoz-Tellez, Nirmalya Syam and Thamara Romero
This policy brief discusses the annual Special 301 report issued by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (more...)
Improving Transfer Pricing Audit Challenges in Africa through Modern Legislation and RegulationsBy Thulani Shongwe
Auditing multinational enterprises often involves a broad range of complex technical issues, and transfer pricing (TP) is often the most important one. (more...)
The USMCA must be amended to ensure access to affordable drugs in MexicoBy Maria Fabiana Jorge
The intellectual property rights (IPRs) chapter of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) grants longer and broader monopolies to originator pharmaceutical companies than those (more...)
UN tax committee gets a boost through new working methodsBy Abdul Muheet Chowdhary
The UN in May published a document titled ‘Practices and Working Methods for the Committee Of Experts On International Cooperation In Tax Matters’. For those who believe that the (more...)
‘Phase 1B’ of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiationsBy Peter Lunenborg
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on 30 May 2019, represents a unique collaborative effort by African countries to bolster regional and (more...)
Declaration of the Non-Aligned Movement Labour Ministers
The Ministers of Labour of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) reflected on the progress made regarding fundamental labour principles and rights, on the occasion of the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO) (more...)
Legitimacy Concerns of the Proposed Multilateral Investment Court: Is Democracy Possible?By José Manuel Alvarez Zárate
Growing concerns in Europe about international investment regimes and investor-state dispute settlement systems pushed the European Union into (more...)