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Here are some photos from our event 'Twelve Years of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Comparative Perspective on Legal and Institutional Developments'. . The video will soon be available on our YouTube channel

And our TEGL Conference has kicked off at @lawinmaastricht with a full house for the first PhD session! A lot more exciting presentations to come!🔥🔥

New blog post @BHRJournal on how private international law can shape the face of due diligence legislation, attuned to the diverse sites, communities and legal spaces along value chains. PIL can and should inform the judicial style of #CSDDD etc. bhrj.blog/2024/12/11/pri…

In its 87-year history, Volkswagen has never closed a factory in its German heartland. It is now considering shutting three and cutting workers’ pay by 10%. What has this got to do with China? on.ft.com/48owk7o

@henrysgao Today (Saturday) October 12, is an nationwide adjusted working day in accordance with the governmental adjustment following the national day holiday. But it is true that the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock market will be closed today.

To all my media friends: Now you understand why I declined to comment, and why the press conference has to be scheduled on a non-trading day.

Weekend read 📰 Digital tools - from AI & big data to tech solutions for stakeholder engagement - could shape the reality of the #CSDDD. @Ant1Duval & @KlaasEller explore the opportunities & risks ⬇️ business-humanrights.org/en/blog/a-digi…

If it comes true, that will be another example of the global reach of EU law enforcing territorial extension. Any side-effects? Longer travel times (+2 hours), more emission (+ETS allowance), and finally more expensive flight tickets for those commuting between China and the EU.

EU member states agree to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles on.ft.com/3BFeIrz

Official release: "Commission proposal to impose tariffs on imports of battery electric vehicles from China obtains necessary support from EU Member States" ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

EU moves to delay anti-deforestation rules on.ft.com/3N76cV1

Major delay in transposing the #CSRD “On Thursday, however, the Commission sent a formal warning to the governments of 17 EU countries—including Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and Austria—for not transposing CSRD rules by the official 6 July deadline.” euractiv.com/section/econom…

Happy to share that my manuscript 'Pricing and Distribution in Global Value Chain Regulation' is forthcoming with @LJIL_Leiden. I trace how pricing has been bracketed from the UNGPs to the CSDDD & develop a distributive dimension of due diligence through 'reflexive pricing'.

EU told WTO agri committee today there'd be no delay in application of deforestation regulation - despite speculation in Brussels that a delay is on the way - per Geneva trade official This after outcry from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, NZ, Paraguay, US

Western nations join forces to break China’s grip on critical minerals ft.com/content/2984ae… via @ft

World economy faces pressures similar to 1920s slump, warns Lagarde on.ft.com/3MU7Jha

Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with Executive Vice-President @VDombrovskis today in Brussels. 🇨🇳🇪🇺 #China #EU #EV mofcom.gov.cn/syxwfb/art/202…

A long day for both…keep patient for more concrete moves. euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

New: Germany lobbying fellow EU members to vote against tariffs on Chinese EVs Comes as Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao heads to Berlin tomorrow for talks with Robert Habeck scmp.com/news/china/dip…

Global carbon pricing needed to avert trade friction, says WTO chief ft.com/content/b2de8c… via @ft

It still remains to be seen how the cost of #EUDR and the due diligence process will add to the price of a cup of Espresso.