@geraldovidigal
International (Trade) Law @ University of Amsterdam. Managing Editor, Legal Issues of Economic Integration (@LIEIJournal.bsky.social). Tweets on trade, int'l law, and interesting things. π§π· in π³π±
I don't have a principled opposition to the idea of having a thing that can help with tasks. But I also wouldn't oppose it if people started adding complex pasta recipes in white font as background on the PDF versions of their work, and seeing what happens.
Don't get me wrong, I like playing with it for inconsequential things, or when I need a large chunk of text to start from. But it would be/is crazy to let it make decisions (unless you're an economist who measures good output as 'so many decisions being made at barely any cost!').
Just tried to get Claude 4.6 to do something significant and can report it's still not great. Churns out pretty documents with sections and subsections that look time-consuming, while being half wrong. So you look both not very competent and bad at time management.
Glad to see Adjudicating over Anarchy featured in
@jkatzcogan.bsky.social's International Law Reporter selection for this month! Also, I just received the first physical copies, so here's a peek!
If the book can illuminate the world a bit for a single reader, that is enough reward for a lifetime. 10/βοΈ
But, if you know real academics, you know this is only a minor consideration. We write because we need to, because we think we can cast some new light on our object of study, can share with someone else our insights into one version of the truth. 9/ www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
It is great and strange to see this out. At 531 pages, this is far from light reading, for an increasingly distracted audience in our attention economy. And worry not: as the manuscript got longer, I, too, sometimes wondered if anyone would ever read it. 8/
Depending on how you count, this book has been decades in the making, and there are too many people to thank for exchanges and help of various kinds throughout the years. Thanks again to all of you. 7/
Over time and deploying various procedural instruments, many international courts have come to affirm the right to control compliance with, and to seek to create enforcement mechanisms for, their rulings. 6/
The second half of the book goes over a century of judicial practice in various spheres β border disputes, maritime disputes, human rights cases, trade and investment β to find out how international courts frame their final rulings (their judicial remedies) to provide relief. 5/
With a theory of international judicial authority in hand (page 153), the book then looks at how courts actually use judicial powers, establishing rights and obligations, declaring violations, determining duties of reparation, and even authorizing sanctions against wrongdoers. 4/
To answer this, going deep into international law and international relations literature, I created my own theory for why anything changes in the world β and for state leaders with armies and central banks β when an international court publishes a decision. 3/
A simple question guides this book: how can, and how do, international courts influence real-world outcomes, when they cannot command state force to back up their rulings? 2/
It is here! You can now access online, and even purchase, my (first?) single-authored book, Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a... 1/
LIEI 52(4) is here! This is a Special Issue, guest edited by Javier GarcΓa Olmedo and AndrΓ© PrΓΌm, on "The Clash of Sanctions and International Investment Law: Issues of Jurisdiction, Merits and Enforcement". The Editorial outlines the key challenges involved. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
I've heard the Jus Cogens Djinn is a sight to behold!
Hehe, valeu!
New China-Russia bilateral investment agreement takes effect: MOFCOM
Adobe Acrobat in 2025:
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Offering AI Summary
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Offering AI Assistant
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Offering AI Suggestions
βAllowing me to click through the link that I can see in front of me on the friggin PDF
This week's EU trade policy news you may have missed including:
πMore Mercosur drama in the EP
πEU-Africa summary
πNarrow EP vote on Western Sahara
πCall for stricter measures in e-commerce
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Only for style though.
Challenge: convince Dutch people that this is an essential part of a research university
Please join us for our third PIL Discussion Group seminar on November 20, 2025. Dr @geraldovidigal.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled βAdjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law.β See further here www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Colombia loses WTO frozen fries dispute as compliance panel backs EU
=> This is the first compliance panel under the alternative WTO appeals mechanism #MPIA
By @chrishorseman.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
1. The Premier of China Li Qiang, when attending a United Nations General Assembly related meeting on 23 September 2025, announced that as a responsible major developing country, China will not seek new special and differential treatment in the current and future WTO negotiations. 2. Against the backdrop of unprecedented challenges facing the multilateral trading system, China made this solemn commitment to safeguard and strengthen this system. This document provides a detailed elaboration on China's position regarding special and differential treatment in the WTO."
7. The recent surge in protectionism and unilateralism, in particular the arbitrary imposition of tariffs by a certain member, has posed unprecedented challenges to the rules-based multilateral trading system. The authority and efficacy of WTO rules are severely tested, and the interests of the vast number of developing members are seriously undermined. As a responsible major developing country and a staunch supporter of the multilateral trading system, China's decision represents a solemn commitment as well as concrete action by China to safeguard the rules-based multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core. This decision will help deliver development-oriented outcomes for the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Cameroon in March 2026 and contribute to substantial progress in WTO reform. It will also contribute to the better implementation of the Global Development Initiative and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 8. This decision does not affect China's status as a developing member in the WTO, nor its rights to special and differential treatment provisions in existing WTO agreements, including agreed solutions with other members in current negotiations. This decision is applicable solely within the framework of the WTO and does not constitute any precedent or have any impact on the status and treatment of China as a developing country in any other international organization or international treaty to which China is a member or signatory. 9. China has always been a member of the Global South and will always be a part of the developing world. China will, as always, practice true multilateralism, support the rules-based multilateral trading system, actively participate in the WTO reform process, and firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing members, with a view to better bridging the North-South development gap, improving global economic governance and building an open world economy.
WT/GC/274, China's position paper regarding special and differential treatment in the @wto.org - 24 September 2025
