Stella Obita
- Jan 22, 2018
Renegotiating NAFTA: Reviewing the Investor–State Dispute Settlement
Background The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a multilateral agreement entered into by United States, Canada and Mexico to regulate trade and investment within the three countries. Some of the terms in NAFTA are on removal of trade barriers, rules of origin, customs procedures, agriculture, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, government procurement, investment, protection of intellectual property rights, trade in goods and services and dispute settlement proc


Khushboo Agarwal
- Jan 8, 2018
Playing in the Regulatory Sandbox
“Regulatory sandboxes” have become almost as ubiquitous as “FinTech” or “block-chains,” but not many fully understand their goal, scope, or application. This article introduces regulatory sandboxes, provides background on their origin and the context in which they are used, discusses prominent jurisdictions that have adopted, or are considering, sandboxes, and examines what lies ahead for this regulatory innovation. The “What” and the “Why” While there is no precise definitio