All Outputs (55)

The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Exploring China’s Changing Attitude (2021)
Book Chapter
Du, M., & Shen, W. (2021). The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Exploring China’s Changing Attitude. In J. Chaisse, L. Choukroune, & S. Jusoh (Eds.), Handbook of international investment law and policy (2483-2506). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3615-7_86

The legitimacy of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) system has come under fire in recent years, and the call for reform or even transformation of global foreign direct investment governance is in vogue, with proposals ranging from incremental... Read More about The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Exploring China’s Changing Attitude.

Voluntary Eco-Labels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Eco-Label (2021)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2021). Voluntary Eco-Labels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Eco-Label. Journal of Environmental Law, 33(1), 167-193. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqaa022

One category of voluntary approaches to environmental governance is ecolabels used to nudge consumers towards purchasing environmentally friendly products. The purpose of this article is to critically review the trade law implications of voluntary ec... Read More about Voluntary Eco-Labels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Eco-Label.

Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China (2020)
Journal Article
Du, M., & Kong, Q. (2020). Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China. Journal of International Economic Law, 23(4), 885-905. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgaa027

When China acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2001, pundits were enthusiastic about the prospect that China’s World Trade Organization membership would boost international trade, encourage China’s restructuring toward a market economy, discip... Read More about Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China.

The Regulation of Product Standards in World Trade Law (2020)
Book
Du, M. (2020). The Regulation of Product Standards in World Trade Law. Hart Publishing

Clearing the fog: Forest Stewardship Council labelling and the World Trade Organization (2020)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2021). Clearing the fog: Forest Stewardship Council labelling and the World Trade Organization. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 30(1), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12373

This article aims to clarify three long-standing puzzles concerning the place of private standards in the World Trade Organization (WTO) through the lens of FSC labelling. The first question is whether the FSC label falls within the regulatory scope... Read More about Clearing the fog: Forest Stewardship Council labelling and the World Trade Organization.

Is the 'Belt and Road' Initiative the Chinese Vision of Global Governance? (2020)
Book Chapter
Kong, Q., & Du, M. (2020). Is the 'Belt and Road' Initiative the Chinese Vision of Global Governance?. In M. Giuseppe, & X. Wu (Eds.), A Legal Analysis of the Belt & Road Initiative: Towards a New Silk Road? (5-20). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46000-6

WTO Regulation of Transnational Private Authority in Global Governance (2018)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2018). WTO Regulation of Transnational Private Authority in Global Governance. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 67(4), 867-902. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589318000313

Following the proliferation of private standards in the global supply chain trade, it has become clear that these can have adverse effects on international commerce and world welfare in the same way that government-imposed mandatory regulations do. H... Read More about WTO Regulation of Transnational Private Authority in Global Governance.

Re- Conceptualising the Role of Science in International Trade Disputes (2018)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2018). Re- Conceptualising the Role of Science in International Trade Disputes. Journal of World Trade, 52(5), 697-720

How to Define 'Public Morals' in WTO Law? A Critique of Brazil-Taxation and Charges Panel Report (2018)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2018). How to Define 'Public Morals' in WTO Law? A Critique of Brazil-Taxation and Charges Panel Report. Global Trade and Customs Journal, 13(2), 69-74. https://doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2018010

China in the International Economic Order: New Paradigms and New Directions (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). China in the International Economic Order: New Paradigms and New Directions. Social and Legal Studies, 25(1), 123-126

International Standards as Global Public Goods in the World Trading System (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M., & Deng, F. (2016). International Standards as Global Public Goods in the World Trading System. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 43(2), 113-144

The Necessity Test in World Trade Law: What Now? (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). The Necessity Test in World Trade Law: What Now?. Chinese Journal of International Law, 15(4), 817-847

China's 'one Belt, One Road' Initiative: Context, Focus, Institutions, and Implications (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). China's 'one Belt, One Road' Initiative: Context, Focus, Institutions, and Implications. Chinese Journal of Global Governance, 2(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1163/23525207-12340014

'Treatment No Less Favourable' and the Future of National Treatment Obligation in Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 after EC - Seals (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). 'Treatment No Less Favourable' and the Future of National Treatment Obligation in Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 after EC - Seals. World Trade Review, 15(1), 139-163

Permitting Moral Imperialism: The Public Morals Exception to Free Trade at the Bar of the World Trade Organization (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). Permitting Moral Imperialism: The Public Morals Exception to Free Trade at the Bar of the World Trade Organization. Journal of World Trade, 50(4), 675-704

The Regulation of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in National Foreign Investment Laws: A Comparative Analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2016). The Regulation of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in National Foreign Investment Laws: A Comparative Analysis. Global Journal of Comparative Law, 5(1), 118-145. https://doi.org/10.1163/2211906X-00501006

EC-Seal Products: A New Baseline for the Global Economic Governance and National Regulatory Autonomy Debate in the Multilateral Trading System (2016)
Journal Article
Du, M., & Kong, Q. (2016). EC-Seal Products: A New Baseline for the Global Economic Governance and National Regulatory Autonomy Debate in the Multilateral Trading System. Manchester journal of international economic law, 13(1), 2-21

The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment (2015)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2015). The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

The Case against China's Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (2015)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2015). The Case against China's Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Taking Stock: What Do We Know, and Do Not Know, about the National Treatment Obligation in the GATT/WTO Legal System? (2015)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2015). Taking Stock: What Do We Know, and Do Not Know, about the National Treatment Obligation in the GATT/WTO Legal System?. Chinese Journal of Global Governance, 1(1), 67-95. https://doi.org/10.1163/23525207-00000005