Julien Chaisse holds a PhD in Law. He coordinates the multilateral rules on investment project of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Trade Regulation and teaches WTO law at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He has been Alternate Leader of NCCR-Trade Regulation’s IP11, based at the World Trade Institute, since 2007. He was Visiting Professor at the International Law Institute of Wuhan University in China, where he taught WTO law and European Union law (2007–2008). Before joining the World Trade Institute, he taught Public International Law at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Aix-en-Provence (2004–2006). His previous experience includes two years in India, where he worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Scientific Secretary at the Centre de Sciences Humaines of New Delhi. His main research interest includes investment law, the commercial policy of the European Community, international business law, WTO law and the central question of its enforcement by WTO Members. His current research focuses on European investment policy. Citations and full text (where allowed by copyright) to all of Julien's published and unpublished writings are added gradually. You can browse or search the site. You can also sign up to receive notification of all new uploads or only those uploads meeting the content criteria that you specify.
Journal articles
Why Will China Establish a Government-Sponsored Response Mechanism in Countervailing Games? (with Luan Xinjie), Journal of World Investment & Trade (2009)
In recent years China has faced numerous countervailing duty investigations among others by the United...
The CFS Case: Looking back and Looking forward (with Luan Xinjie), Global Trade and Customs Journal (2009)
The coated free sheet paper from China case (CFS case) is the first one to...
Les économies asiatiques face aux défis de la compétitivité internationale (with Philippe Gugler), Revue Economique et Sociale (2009)
Ce dossier spécial de la Revue économique et sociale, dirigé par Julien Chaisse et Philippe...
L’économie politique du brevet au Sud – Variations indiennes sur le brevet pharmaceutique (in french) (with Samira Guennif), Revue Internationale de Droit Economique (2007)
Depuis sa signature en 1994, l’accord sur les Aspects de Droit de Propriété Intellectuelle touchant...
Implementing WTO Rules through Negotiations and Sanction: The Role of Trade Policy Review Mechanism and Dispute Settlement System (with Debashis Chakraborty), Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (2007)
Based on economic and legal perspectives, the current paper aims to analyze how the World...
Books
Expansion of FDI in Emerging Asia: Strategic and Policy challenges (with Philippe Gugler) (2009)
Capital throughout the world has become increasingly mobile in recent decades and international trade has...
Essays on the Future of the World Trade Organization (Volume 1) - Policies and Legal Issues (with Tiziano Balmelli) (2008)
The World Trade Organization has aroused interest and raised controversial questions. It attracts the attention...
Essays on the Future of the World Trade Organization (Volume 2) - The WTO Judicial System: Contributions and Challenges (with Tiziano Balmelli) (2008)
The present book, consisting of two volumes, seeks to offer its readers targeted analyses of...
Ensuring the Conformity of Domestic Law with World Trade Organisation Law - India as a case study (2005)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO), established in 1995, provides a contractual framework within which Member...
Contributions to Books
‘Le régime de l'investissement étranger en Inde’ - ‘La politique commerciale de l'Inde’ - ‘L'Organisation Mondiale du Commerce’ - ‘Le pouvoir judiciaire en Inde’ - ‘La Cour suprême de l'Inde’, Dictionnaire de l’Inde contemporaine (2009)
Les notices rédigées portent sur: - ‘Le régime de l'investissement étranger en Inde’ - ‘La...
The Future of the World Trade Organization and the Changing Structure of the International Legal System (with Tiziano Balmelli), Essays on the Future of the World Trade Organization (Introduction) (2008)
WTO law signals the birth of a truly international legal system in the realm of...
Foreign Investment Issues and WTO Law - Dealing with Fragmentation while waiting for a Multilateral Framework (with Philippe Gugler), Essays on the Future of the World Trade Organization - Policies and Legal Issues (Vol. 1) (2008)
This chapter explores the provisions affecting investment in the existing WTO obligations. Worldwide economic integration...
L’énonciation des normes à caractère non commercial par l’Organe de règlement des différends de l’OMC, Normer le monde : l'énonciation des normes internationales (2008)
Il s’agit d’analyser l’énonciation de normes à caractère non commercial par l’Organe de règlement des...
A Burden or an Incentive: Developing World Trade and the Role of Regional Trade Agreements (with Anirudh Shingal), Beyond the Transition Phase of World Trade Organisation: An Indian Perspective on Emerging Issues (2006)
The multilateral trading system existed first as the GATT from 1947 to 1994 and then...
Working Papers
Sovereign Wealth Funds in the European Union - General trust despite concerns (with Philippe Gugler), World Trade Institute - NCCR Working Paper No 4/2009 (2009)
Sovereign wealth funds have become major players in the global finance system and recently have...
A Note on India’s Recent Involvement in Trade Blocs (2003–2009) - Regionally Sharpening the Multilateral Agenda ? (with Debashis Chakraborty and Biswajit Nag), NCCR Working paper No. 20/2008 (2008)
Before the inception of WTO in 1995, India generally did not join any regional economic...
Prospects for a Multilateral Framework on Investment - The Indian Bolt (with Debashis Chakraborty and Arup Guha), World Trade Institute Working Paper No. 37 (2007)
The potential inclusion of a multilateral framework for investment at the WTO aims to coordinate...
Growing Misuse of Anti-Dumping Provisions - Analysing Some Pertinent Concerns, World Trade Institute Working Paper No. 30 (2007)
The purpose of the WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping is to ensure that the provision is...
L’énonciation des règles non-commerciales par l’Organe de Réglement de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (WTO Dispute Settlement Body and the non-economic norms), paper for the conference “l’énonciation des normes internationales”, 8ème Congrès de l’Association Française de Science Politique (AFSP) (2005)
Il s’agit d’analyser l’énonciation de normes à caractère non commercial par l’Organe de règlement des...
Conferences and workshops
ASEAN-European Union FTA negotiations: Waiting for Godot ?, Competitiveness of ASEAN Economies - Investment and Trade Issues / World Trade Institute - NIDA (2009)
On 23 April 2007 EU Council approved negotiating mandates for trade accords with the three...
Sovereign wealth funds: so what should the European Union do?, Columbia University - International Investment Conference, New York 1-2 October (2008)
Sovereign wealth funds have become major players in the global finance system and more recently...
Designing a coherent European Community Investment (and Trade) Policy, Second Global Conference of International Studies (WISC), Ljubljana, 22-25 July 2008 (2008)
Since 1957, the EC has had to change and develop its institutional law (or primary...