Travesty of language – the hollowing-out of the most-favoured nation clause
The United States is stripping the world trading system’s foundational most-favoured nation principle of its meaning and the European Union...
Read moreDetailsJohn Clarke, former director for international relations at the European Commission, served as a senior EU trade negotiator and head of the EU delegation to the WTO and UN in Geneva. With 30 years of EU trade experience, he also worked for Hong Kong’s government (1983–1993), advancing its developed country status and serving as deputy ambassador to the EEC. He is a board member of the Journal of International Trade Law and Regulation, a lecturer at universities in Lausanne, Nice, and London, and a fellow at Maastricht University and the Royal Asiatic Society.
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