Meredith Kolsky Lewis

University at Buffalo Law School

Professor

School of Law

719 O'Brian Hall

Buffalo, NY 14260-1100

United States

Victoria University of Wellington Law School

Associate Professor

PO Box 600

Wellington, 6140

New Zealand

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1.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Paradigm or Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Boston College International & Comparative Law Review, Vol. 34, p. 27, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 15/2017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2020
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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Office of the United States Trade Representative, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific

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The TPP and the RCEP (ASEAN＋6) as Potential Paths Toward Deeper Asian Economic Integration

Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 359-378, September 2013, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 11/2017
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN＋6) , Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement, P4 Agreement, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), APEC, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

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The Embedded Liberalism Compromise in the Making of the GATT and Uruguay Round Agreements

Forthcoming in Gillian Moon and Lisa Toohey (eds) THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: THE EMBEDDED LIBERALISM COMPROMISE REVISITED (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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embedded liberalism, John Gerard Ruggie, GATT, WTO, Uruguay Round, international economic law

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The Prisoners’ Dilemma Posed by Free Trade Agreements: Can Open Access Provisions Provide an Escape?

Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 11, pp. 631-661, 2010, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 16/2017
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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WTO, Article XXIV, free trade agreements, international trade, prisoners’ dilemma, international economic law

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International Political Economy and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Compliance with International Law

Forthcoming in Alberta Fabricotti, (ed.) The Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective (Edward Elgar 2016), SUNY Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-015
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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political economy, international political economy, prisoner's dilemma, international law, compliance

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Dissent as Dialectic: Horizontal and Vertical Disagreement in WTO Dispute Settlement

48 Stanford Journal of International Law 1 (2012), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 113/2017
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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WTO, trade, international, dispute settlement, dissent, international economic law

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Expanding the P-4 Trade Agreement into a Broader Trans-Pacific Partnership: Implications, Risks and Opportunities

4 Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 401 (2009), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 12/2017
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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P-4 Agreement, Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, FTA, Free Trade Agreements, open accession provision, trade liberalization

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The Origins of Plurilateralism in International Trade Law

Forthcoming in Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 20, Issue 5)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Sep 2019
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT, multilateral trading system, multilateralism, plurilateral, plurilateralism, single undertaking, variable geometry, World Trade Organization, WTO, Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, CPTPP

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Food Miles: Environmental Protection or Veiled Protectionism?

Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2014, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 56/2020
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2020
Meredith Kolsky Lewis and Andrew D. Mitchell
University at Buffalo Law School and Faculty of Law, Monash University
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World Trade Organization, WTO, GATT, TBT Agreement, food miles, life-cycle analysis, locavore movement, regulation, carbon footprint

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Human Rights Provisions in Free Trade Agreements: Do the Ends Justify the Means?

Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2014, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 13/2017
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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trade, free trade agreements, FTAs, human rights, development, WTO, generalized system of preferences, corruption

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Trade Agreements and Regulatory Autonomy: The Effect on National Interests

Susy Frankel, (ed.) LEARNING FROM THE PAST, ADAPTING FOR THE FUTURE: REGULATORY REFORM IN NEW ZEALAND (LexisNexis 2011), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 14/2017
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis and Susy Frankel
University at Buffalo Law School and Victoria University of Wellington
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WTO, World Trade Organization, free trade agreements, FTAs, bilateral investment treaties, BITs, regulatory autonomy, international trade, New Zealand

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WTO Winners and Losers: The Trade and Development Disconnect

Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 39, No. 1, September 2007 , Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 8/2011
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2015
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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world trade, Kaldor-Hicks efficiency

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Import and Export Controls

Forthcoming in Petra Butler (ed.), INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS (Oxford University Press, 2024), University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-006
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 May 2024 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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import controls, export controls, SPS measures, TBT measures, trade remedies, antidumping, countervailing duties, safeguard measures, export licenses, economic sanctions

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The Web of Trade Agreements and Alliances and Impacts on Regulatory Autonomy

Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013), Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 4/2014
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2015
Susy Frankel, Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley
Victoria University of Wellington, University at Buffalo Law School, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) (NZIER) and New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) (NZIER)
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international trade, free trade agreements, New Zealand and Australia, Trans-Pacific Partnership, ASEAN 6, framework of agreement and negotiation approach, patents

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The Lack of Dissent in WTO Dispute Settlement

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 895-931, 2006, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 115/2017
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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WTO, Appellate Body, dispute settlement panel, Dispute Settlement Understanding, dissent

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International Trade Agreements: Laboratories of Innovation or Propellers of Fragmentation?

Forthcoming, Journal of International Economic Law 25th anniversary issue; University at Buffalo School of Law Working Paper; Victoria University of Wellington Law School Working Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Dec 2022
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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World Trade Organization (WTO), free trade agreements (FTAs), plurilateral, plurilateralism, mega-FTAs, Joint Statement Initiatives (JSIs), single undertaking, variable geometry

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When Popular Decisions Rest on Shaky Foundations: Implications of Selected WTO Appellate Body Jurisprudence

Julien Chaisse and Tsai-yu Lin, eds., International Economic Law and Governance: Essays in Honour of Mitsuo Matsushita (Oxford University Press 2016), University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-029, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 114/2017
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 May 2016 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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WTO, World Trade Organization, Appellate Body, trade remedies, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Article 31 VCLT, zeroing, safeguards, antidumping

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Dissents

Forthcoming in Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio (eds.), Research Handbook on WTO Dispute Settlement (Edward Elgar)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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dissent, WTO, GATT, DSU, DSB, dispute settlement, international trade, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization

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Plurilateralism and Free Trade Agreements

University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-007
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 May 2024 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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Free Trade Agreements (FTAs); International Trade; Joint Statement Initiatives; Multilateralism; Plurilateralism; Plurilateral, Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs); Regionalism; World Trade Organization (WTO), Plurilateralism, Plurilateral, Joint Statement Initiatives, JSIs, FTAs, Multilateralism, World Trade Organization, WTO, Cornwall Consensus

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Multilateral Rules and the Legality of Regional Integration

The International Law of Economic Integration (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2024) , University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 May 2024
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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World Trade Organization, WTO, Free Trade Agreements, FTAs, Regional Trade Agreements, RTAs, Customs Unions, CUs, Enabling Clause, Preferential Trade Agreements, PTAs.

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National Implementation of International Economic Law: New Zealand

Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer eds.,Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law (E. Elgar expanded ed, forthcoming 2024) , University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-005
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 May 2024 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2024
Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Tracey D. Epps and Daniel Kalderimis
University at Buffalo Law School, University of Otago - Faculty of Law and Independent
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international economic law, international trade, international investment, international tax, Treaty of Waitangi, WTO, FTAs, ICSID

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The United States-Path to Concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Will TPA + TAA = TPP?

pp. 495-505 in Bungenberg et al. (eds.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2016 vol. 7 (Springer 2016)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Dec 2022
Meredith Kolsky Lewis
University at Buffalo Law School
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Trans-Pacific Partnership, Trade Promotion Authority, Trade Adjustment Assistance, TPP, TPPA, CPTPP, political economy

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The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective

The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective, by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Alberta Fabbricotti, Eyal Benvenisti, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Barbara Delcourt, Evisa Kica, Ulyana Kohut, Tobias A. Lehmann, Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Marion Panizzon, Panos Merkouris, Andre Nollkaemper, Niels Petersen, Paul B. Stephan, Joel P. Trachtman, Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken, Daniela Vitiello, Andreas von Staden, Ramses A. Wessel and Jan Wouters
Sapienza University of Rome, University of Cambridge - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Geneva - Faculty of Law - Department of Public International Law, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of St. Gallen - LS: School of Law, Students, University at Buffalo Law School, World Trade Institute, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Muenster – Faculty of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, Independent, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law and KU Leuven - Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

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