By Yuki TaylorLaw Student Editor The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) assists the President in reviewing national security risks arising from foreign direct investment in the
By Yuki TaylorLaw Student Editor The first oil well was drilled in the Niger Delta in 1956 by Royal Dutch Shell in collaboration with the British government, four years before
By Yuki TaylorLaw Student Editor TC Energy Corp. v. United States is an ICSID arbitration brought against the United States by Canadian investors in the planned Keystone XL pipeline, which
By Yuki TaylorLaw Student Editor & Aaron FellmethFaculty Editor Knocked-Down Auto Part Kits: Complete Vehicles or Just Parts? Automobile manufacturing is a highly globalized industry. One technique to reduce customs
By Yuki Taylor Law Student Editor On July 14, 2022, the United States initiated a bilateral Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) with Kenya. Despite the present lack of tariff
By Sharon FosterLaw Student Editor The European Union’s Commission, revealed its draft directive on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence on February 23, 2022. While human rights, environmental law, and
By Sharon FosterLaw Student Editor On January 4, 2022, the United Kingdom’s National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) went into effect. The NSI Act empowers the Department for
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor Aaron FellmethFaculty Co-Editor Victoria SahaniFaculty Co-Editor The Convention establishing the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 (the “ICSID Convention”) added a
By Aaron Fellmeth, Faculty Co-Editorand BethEl Nager, Law Student Editor During the 2011 Arab Spring, Libya endured its first civil war. This war was fought between supporters of long time dictator
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor On September 2, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a milestone ruling in Republic of Moldova v. Komstroy LLC, holding that the Energy