The U.S. is an international anomaly in that it has several instruments at its disposal to conclude agreements with other countries. The choice of the instrument determines what steps need to be taken in order to turn an informal promise into a formal and binding agreement under U.S. law. Whereas treaty ratification needs the support of two-thirds of the Senate, the congressional-executive agreement (“CEA”) requires a simple majority in both the Senate and the House.
Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) clauses present, in the words of the U.N. International Law Commission (ILC), one of the “most vexed interpretive issues under international investment agreements.” The clause nevertheless persists, supplying one of the key non-discrimination requirements in modern investment treaties and free trade agreements. In essence, the MFN clause prohibits nationality-based discrimination among foreign investors: the host state undertakes to treat the investor’s investment as favorably as investments from other countries.
The International Arbitration Club of New York (IACNY) announced today that Simon Batifort and J. Benton Heath are the recipients of the 2019 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize for the best article in the field of international arbitration. The prize is being awarded for the article, “The New Debate on the Interpretation of MFN Clauses in Investment Treaties: Putting the Brakes on Multilateralization”, which was published in the American Journal of International Law (Vol. III No. 4).
Professors Curtis Bradley and Laurence Helfer began their four-year tenures as co-Editors-in-Chief of the prestigious American Journal of International Law (AJIL) on April 5. Their election was approved by the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) on October 27, 2017 after an earlier unanimous vote of the AJIL Board of Editors.
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The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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