Siyu Bao

The article addresses a similar subject matter as my ongoing PhD research @ucllaws.bsky.social . I argue that the CPTPP contains a mechanism that could help build up civil society involvement in climate decision-making in countries where such space has historically been constrained, and explain why.

Happy to announce the publication of my very first journal article in the Asian Journal of International Law. Open access at: doi.org/10.1017/S204.... Many thanks to the reviewers for their detailed and constructive comments, and hugely grateful for all the feedback I've received on earlier drafts.

Exciting news! 🎉 The first draft of the SIEL 2025 Taipei Global Conference programme is now live!
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Hybrid | The Development of International Law This Inaugural Lecture will be on ‘The Development of International Law: The Case for Revisiting Compensation' and delivered by Professor Martins Paparinskis (Laws UCL).

Look forward to my @ucllaws.bsky.social inaugural lecture this Thursday night www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Vitally important conversation going on about the next steps for EU industrial policy right now, this thread & paper by @nilsredeker.bsky.social & @ph-jaeg.bsky.social is an incredibly useful intervention at a critical time.

Defending its trade: What’s in the EU’s in-tray for 2025

Now above paywall! 🔓

What's in the EU's trade policy in-tray in 2025 (apart from fighting a trade war)

By @robfranciseu.bsky.social

#EUTrade2025

borderlex.net/2025/01/06/d...

The case ran in parallel to an equivalent case brought by Malaysia. But, while Malaysia and the EU agreed to release the report, Indonesia requested a suspension of the proceedings in its case. www.wto.org/english/trat...

WTO panel gives EU qualified clean slate on palm oil regulation

WTO panel gives EU qualified clean slate on palm oil regulation in case brought by Indonesia

#REDII #palmoil #WTODispute

By @chrishorseman.bsky.social

borderlex.net/2025/01/10/w...

With Festivus coming up, it's a good time to think about the US airing its grievances on the WTO's appeals process, which has led to a dispute settlement reform discussion. There have now been some interesting proposals on appeal/review as part of this discussion, which I comment on in this new post

This US proposal raised some questions for me, including:

- Is the US ready for all the rebalancing arbitrations that might take place?

- How will other Members react to this proposal?

- Will the Trump administration support this proposal?

ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2024/12/the-...

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A fascinating chat about the ‘new’ industrial policy and where it’s heading.

With Allie Renison and Minako Morita-Jaeger.

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COP29: Nations strike $300 billion climate finance deal to help developing countries The agreement for the first time brings China more explicitly into the climate funding mix.

As you read news of the latest climate agreement, struck at COP29 in Baku, you'd be hard-pressed to find a reference to the "landmark" language from Dubai on "transitioning away from fossil fuels" -- there's only an oblique mention of the outcome. www.axios.com/2024/11/23/c...

The EU was taken to task again this week at the WTO over the deforestation regulation, with Brazil and others insisting that the EU notify the EUDR as a "quantitative restriction". The EU refused. The US said it wants an extension to enforcement date. They may get their wish.

Cost of support measures for fossil fuels decreased sharply in 2023 but remains elevated relative to its historical average The cost of government support measures for the production and consumption of fossil fuels decreased sharply in 2023, as energy prices softened from the record highs seen in 2022. However, many measur...

1️⃣ The IEA and the OECD have just released their latest combined estimates of the fiscal cost and implicit value of government support for fossil fuels across 82 economies. That value dropped from USD 1.6 trillion in 2022 to USD 1.1 trillion in 2023, but remains above historical trends.

🚨 UCL Laws starter pack just dropped! 🚨

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CfP: Freedom of the seas and freedom of the individual: a historical appraisal. Deadline 20/11 (tomorrow); workshop at SOAS @britishacademy.bsky.social London on 7 February 2025

Will be fun to see what one can draw from this in the ongoing debate on implementation/enforcement approaches of FTA sustainability provisions (though mostly happening in the context of EU FTAs). Signposting to Prévost and Alexovičová (2019), Bronckers and Gruni (2019, 2021) and Marín Durán (2023).

📝 ACCTS Chapter 7 dispute settlement on non-implementation/compliance:
- No 'sanctions' available in the sense of suspension of concessions
- Not entirely 'soft' either, with measures on personnel, suspension of cooperative activities, and what may be termed a 'shaming' mechanism?

I'm happy to share this call for papers for a workshop on "The Geopoliticization of #Trade Policy", organized within my ERC-funded project GEOTRADE (geotrade.sbg.ac.at). You can find a pdf version of the call here: lnkd.in/gfpgWXYi. Deadline: 24 November. #Polisky

The big thing in the FFS Chapter that stands out to me is that it does not apply to production subsidies for oil and natural gas “when granted in the form of tax revenue foregone”. Such forgone revenue constitutes the majority of the production-related support in the OECD Inventory.

That’s absolutely good spotting—that subpara also caught my eye and I was just wondering how much leeway that provides. Thanks for the helpful info! (For those interested, relevant here is Art. 4.5.5.)

Not used to think out loud but in the spirit of the new platform and the new ACCTS—now reading through the fossil fuel subsidies chapter and finding the Specific Exceptions clause intriguing. Is this subpara the first of its kind? Would appreciate signposts to possible precedents.

And to keep the communities growing, here is my effort at building the Africa and International Economic Law group.

Very much a work in progress too and thanks for spreading the word.

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Hi Veronika, would be very grateful if you could add me in the list :)

Hello, Bluesky friends 🦋

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Fueled by the hope that X will finally sink, here is my first attempt at a starter pack on (all things) international courts and dispute settlement.

It is certainly a work in progress, so please hit me up with suggestions for who to add!

a little something I made. please do share and suggest additions

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All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find.

So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.

Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.

Here is my starter pack on public international law
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At last! A whopping 391 pages, with 11 pages on fossil fuel subsidies.

I'll be studying this in the coming days.