Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws

Aarohi Chaudhuri, a student at the National Law School of India University, dissects the Red Echo cyberattacks allegedly conducted by China. Aarohi specifically focuses on whether the cyberattack amounted to an 'armed attack' triggering India's right to self-defence, and other potential recourses available to India.

This episode has been featured as an article on the JFIEL platform and can be read here.

In this feature, Mugdha Mohapatra, a fifth-year law student at the National Law School of India University, takes a look at the proposal made by India and South Africa concerning the TRIPS waiver in combatting COVID-19. Mugdha takes a look at the insufficiency of existing WTO measures, specifically addressing the legal, political, and practical challenges associated with Articles 31 and 31bis of TRIPS, and considers the way forward for developing countries.

This episode has been featured as an article on the JFIEL platform and can be read here.

Sirgapoor Sahil Reddy, a student from Jindal Global Law School, reviews the recent economic strategy taken by India against China in the wake of the border dispute and the pandemic. He explores India's dependence on Chinese manufacturing and the reality of the boycott on Chinese products in light of the trade and border retaliation. 

This episode has been featured as an article on the JFIEL platform and can be read here.

Pushkar Reddy, co-Director at JFIEL and student at Jindal Global Law School, explores Reliance Industry Limited and India Glycol Limited's initiation of anti-dumping investigations against Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Oman, Kuwait and UAE, concerning their sale of Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) in India at a price lower than the price of the product in the market of the exporting country. Given the procedural specifications, Pushkar argues the impact faced by minority producers who do not have any recourse in terms of challenging the unilateral decision and outcome. 

This episode has been featured as an article on the JFIEL platform and can be read here.

Garv Sultania's feature concerning international commercial arbitration and exploring the tussle between transparency and confidentiality. 

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Abhijeet Shrivastava writes on the recent Indo-China Border tussle and specifically analyses PM Modi's statement in the context of the doctrine of acquiescence.

This episode is also available as a blog post here. 

This feature is by Sirgapoor Sahil Reddy, a student from Jindal Global Law School, who explores the mounting on trade tensions between the United States and China, and the trade-related restrictions between the two immensely powerful trading blocks.

This episode is also available as a blog post here. 

A feature by Divyashree Suri, an international trade practitioner who specialises in World Trade Organization (WTO) and trade remedy laws. Divyashree examines whether the World Trade Organisation can be utilized as an 'automatic route' for recourse against China, given the Foreign Direct Investment policy and WTO law. 

This episode is also available as a blog post here. 

Philip Ashok Alex, a second-year undergraduate student at National Law University, Delhi, takes a look at the effect of sports boycotts and the repercussions under international law, particularly construing them as economic sanctions and the legality of the same.

This episode has been featured as an article on the JFIEL platform and can be read here.

Siddharth Saxena, law student at Jindal Global Law School, takes an interesting look at litigation costs at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and explores this not-so-unique problem that haunts most national and supranational legal systems – ensuring access and effective participation. 

This episode is also available as a blog post here.