The Concept Design of a Twenty-First Century Preferential Trade Agreement

Kathleen Claussen is Professor of Law at Georgetown University. She is the author of more than 40 articles and essays concerning trade, investment, and international dispute settlement, among other related research areas. She has also served as counsel or arbitrator in over two dozen international disputes. Among other leadership roles, she has served on the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the American Society of International Law and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Economic Law.

Manfred Elsig is full professor of International Relations at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern. His research focuses on international political economy, international organizations, international courts, preferential trade agreements, and European trade policy. He is the co-editor of Governing the WTO: Past, Present and Beyond Doha (CUP, 2011), Assessing the World Trade Organization: Fit for Purpose? (CUP 2017) and The Shifting Landscape of Global Trade Governance (CUP 2019).

Rodrigo Polanco is a senior researcher, lecturer and academic coordinator at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, a Legal Adviser at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, and a visiting professor at University de Chile. He holds a Bachelor and a Master of Laws (University of Chile), an LL.M. in International Legal Studies (New York University) and a Ph.D. in Law (University of Bern). He has published extensively as an author and editor in leading international academic publishers and journals on investment, trade, tax and environmental law.