Julien Chaisse holds a PhD in Law and specializes in international economic law. He
has undertaken research into European Economic law, international trade law and most
recently into international investment law. He joined CUHK Faculty of Law in September
2009 and he presently teaches Public International Law. 

On completing his Master studies, he worked first for the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, as Scientific Secretary at the Centre de Sciences Humaines of New Delhi
(2003–2004). Engaged in a PhD research he became a Lecturer at the Institut d'Etudes
Politiques of Aix-en-Provence, France, where he taught Public International Law and
European Union Law (2004–2007). 

Julien then moved to the World Trade Institute in Switzerland to coordinate a project on
multilateral rules on investment, as Alternate Leader of the NCCR-Trade Regulation’s
Individual Project 11 (2007–2009). During this time, he was a Visiting Professor at the
International Law Institute of Wuhan University in China (WS 2008), where he taught World
Trade Organisation law and EU law. He then taught WTO law (SS 2009) in the International
and European Legal Studies Programme of the University of Antwerp (Belgium). 

His research interests include foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI),
international business law, investment law, WTO law and the central question of its
enforcement by its Members. 

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Journal articles

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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...
 

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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...
 

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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...

 

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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...
 

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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

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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...
 

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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

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‘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...
 

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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...

 

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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...
 

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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...
 

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Dispute Resolution in the World Trade Organisation – The Experience of India, Beyond the Transition Phase of World Trade Organisation: An Indian Perspective on Emerging Issues (2006)
The result of the Uruguay Round of multilateral negotiations (1986–94) comprised of agreements covering many...
 

Working Papers

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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...
 

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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...
 

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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...
 

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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

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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...

 

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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...
 

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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...
 

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Linking Trade and Investment at the Multilateral Level, for the conference "Expansion of FDI in Asia and Implications for the Development of International Rules on Investment", organized by the National Institute of Development Administration and World Trade Institute, Bangkok, 18 January 2008 (2008)