Many hailed the entry into force of the Escazú Agreement in 2021. Those who do, hope for the ultimate achievement of the Agreement's goal of further establishing environmental

democratic rights and, thus, enabling sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean. [...]

The value chains for critical raw materials (CRM) used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries often involve mining in the Global South, Australia and Canada, production in Asia,

and consumption in the Global North. Starting in 2027, EU law will require a ‘digital product passport’ (DPP) for market entry. [...]

Written by Tarja Laaninen with Joris Bol. Almost all young people in the European Union use the internet daily and are much more likely to participate in social network activities

than the total population. Social media platforms have also become young people’s top source for information on political and social issues: in a Flash Eurobarometer [...]

In the first thirty years of the WTO, members’ anti-dumping (AD) activity increased significantly, both in terms of the number of members starting to use AD measures and

the number of measures imposed. Such increase, however, should be assessed in light of the overall changes in the patterns of trade at the global level in the same [...]

Global raw materials governance is experiencing a paradigm shift. Long rooted in liberal trade norms and multilateral enforcement, the liberal trading regime faces mounting

challenges from sovereignty-based strategies, legal defiance, and normative fragmentation. [...]

This article argues that the ambiguous legal status of the principle of technological neutrality (PTN) within the WTO framework generates regulatory fragmentation and uncertainty

in digital trade governance. While implicitly embedded in agreements like TBT and Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), PTN faces divergent [...]