Objective

The aim of this annual conference is to provide legal practitioners with an update on the current challenges facing the European Union with some of its key trading partners.

It will give participants the opportunity to exchange with high-level experts and acquire a better understanding of topical issues in international trade and investment law. Relevant recent developments in EU and WTO case law will also be tackled.

Key topics

• EU trade policy between strategic autonomy, the Green Deal and the Ukraine war
• EU-UK trade relations
• The future of the Northern Ireland Protocol
• The EU/US Trade and Technology Council
• The proposed anti-coercion instrument
• Dispute settlement and the EU’s enforcement activity under revised Enforcement Regulation (EU) 2021/167
• Investment Screening Regulation (EU) 2019/452 – experience gained so far
• Intra-EU investment arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)