The Transnational Dispute Management journal announces a call for papers on the topic “The Pacific Rim and International Economic Law: Opportunities and Risks of the Pacific Century.”
The formidable scale and pace of economic and legal development in the Pacific Rim region offers considerable opportunities, but also carries certain risks. The forthcoming Pacific Rim TDM Special Issue will collect views of experienced practitioners, academics, and policymakers on key economic and legal opportunities and risks in the Pacific Rim region today. Topics to be addressed could include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. TPP and RCEP: Competition, Coordination, or
2. A U.S.-China BIT as a 21st Century Model BIT?
3. Pacific Rim Investment Treaty Practice: Regional Considerations
4. Pacific Rim Approaches to Key Legal Issues
Proposals for papers (e.g. abstracts) should be submitted to the editors by May 15th. Publication will be September/October 2014. im