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Prabhash Ranjan

Prabhash Ranjan

Articles by Prabhash Ranjan

More than a BIT of a challenge for India

the fact is that the EU and India initiated separate negotiations on trade and investment in 2022, and the trade talks alone reached their logical conclusion. An investment deal is yet to materialise. (@PiyushGoyal X/ANI)

Updated on Jun 10, 2026 15:37 IST

Need a stronger WTO to fight Trump’s trade pivot

Today, we are witnessing a new NIEO moment, this time launched by the US because of its disenchantment with the WTO. (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Mar 24, 2026 14:39 IST

World after the judicial rebuff of Trump tariffs

Two legal provisions that Trump can also use to impose tariffs are Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act and Section 301 of the Trade Act. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 22, 2026 16:50 IST

India-US trade deal and international law

The larger normative question that developing countries face is whether to play ball with the US or champion the rules of trade multilateralism (AFP)

Updated on Feb 8, 2026 13:46 IST

Washington’s blinkered view of international trade

Notwithstanding hostility toward the WTO, the US recognises that it can’t overnight create an alternative international trade system. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 20, 2026 15:28 IST

Roadmap for customs reform in the FTA era

The FTAs India has signed not only obligate the nation to lower its customs duties but also offer a splendid opportunity for Indian manufacturers to augment their exports. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Dec 29, 2025 15:38 IST

Why Delhi can refuse to extradite Sheikh Hasina

The propensity to bring politics into discussions about Sheikh Hasina is inescapable. However, the problem arises when foreign policy commentators selectively employ the law to validate their political positions, leading to partisan analysis. (AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2025 15:24 IST

How international law sees the Taliban regime

Even if the Taliban regime were to escape the jus cogens test, there is arguably a strong argument against recognising it. (AFP)

Updated on Oct 27, 2025 15:35 IST

In Novartis patent case, India has a BIT of cover

Could Novartis have the legitimate expectation that its patent would not be revoked? The answer is a resounding no. No foreign investor can have a legitimate expectation that a host State shall not act in accordance with its domestic law.

Updated on Sep 22, 2025 15:26 IST

Resisting the coercive new global trade order

Trump has inaugurated a new chapter in the global imperial project, which his successor may continue. Efforts are underway to establish new rules for international trade. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Aug 15, 2025 15:06 IST

Tariffs as a tool to extort, and slight India’s sovereignty

The American penalty threat to India also violates general international laws of non-intervention in a country’s sovereign affairs, as laid down by the ICJ. (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 1, 2025 15:42 IST

India-UK FTA: A bold pathway to closer trade ties

The India-UK FTA represent a bold attempt to restructure the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jul 25, 2025 15:24 IST

Interpreting the right of nations to self-defence

American strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities are legally suspect. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 25, 2025 15:22 IST

India-UK FTA could be a template for other deals

Foreign investment protection remains absent from the FTA as the two parties negotiate a separate Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 9, 2025 01:22 IST

India needs a lawfare strategy to enforce stand on Indus treaty

India has cited other reasons for suspending IWT, including changing population dynamics, climate crisis imperatives, and shifts in the water-sharing assumptions when the treaty was signed. Although such changes could potentially qualify as ‘fundamental changes of circumstances,’ they are unrelated to the terror attack. They could have been cited at any time, including before the attack, to suspend the IWT (AFP)

Updated on Apr 29, 2025 14:08 IST

Trump’s tariffs undermine the rules-based trade order

Starting April 9, the US will violate Article I of the GATT by implementing individualised reciprocal tariffs (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 3, 2025 14:36 IST

Budget promise on BITs calls for five key changes

A container ship at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) at the Port of Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. EU leaders are scrambling to avoid a trade war with the US, following Donald Trump’s threats to hit the bloc with tariffs. Photographer: Maria Feck/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 4, 2025 14:37 IST

Nestlé judgment jolts Swiss MFN provision

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 15:07 IST

Saarc in limbo, rethink concept of South Asia

In terms of economic integration, Saarc set ambitious goals, such as the formation of a South Asian Economic Union

Updated on Dec 8, 2024 16:45 IST

India’s RCEP and CPTPP challenge

India will have to deviate from its Model BIT and the existing investment treaty practice if it wishes to accede to CPTPP and RCEP (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 25, 2024 13:46 IST

Chagos freed, sun finally sets on the British Empire

This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP) (AP)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 14:45 IST

Delhi’s changing stance on trade-labour linkages

Delaware: President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Quad Leaders Summit at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, USA, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Updated on Sep 23, 2024 15:33 IST

If Dhaka wants Delhi to extradite Hasina

FILE PHOTO: Activists of the Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement gather at the University of Dhaka's Teacher Student Center (TSC), demanding capital punishment for Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the deaths of students during anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 03:13 IST

ICJ ruling on Israel should spur a rethink in the West

This photograph shows a general view of the courtroom during a non-binding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Lina Selg / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (AFP)

Updated on Jul 31, 2024 15:12 IST

India must engage closely with global legal systems

Gavel for judge, law and order (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Jun 18, 2024 20:50 IST

The West must pause selling arms to Israel

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Jabalia as seen from Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 19, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group.

Updated on May 20, 2024 15:14 IST

Reading the fine print of India-EFTA trade deal

The India-EFTA ministerial meeting marked a significant milestone in taking forward the negotiations on a TEPA between India and EFTA, the joint communique said (Photo: efta.int)

Updated on Mar 28, 2024 16:30 IST

Delhi must be prepared to counter Beijing’s lawfare

Indian troops tracking the movement of troops across the Line of Actual Control in China.

Updated on Feb 21, 2024 16:35 IST

Budget focus on BITs is good for the Indian economy

FDI inflows depend on a variety of dynamics

Updated on Feb 5, 2024 16:20 IST

Between capital and State: The model BIT

A balanced Model BIT will also help Indian corporations when they invest in choppy jurisdictions abroad.

Updated on Nov 7, 2023 17:11 IST

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