Sophie Davis

Publications: 06 JANUARY 2021

The EU adopts a new global human rights sanctions regime

In a much-anticipated move, on 7 December 2020, the Council of the European Union adopted a Council Decision and a Council Regulation establishing the EU’s global human rights sanctions regime (the…

Publications: 23 SEPTEMBER 2020

WTO Panel issues ruling on U.S. tariffs against China

On 15 September 2020, a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel report in “United States – Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China” (WT/DS543/R) (the Report) was published. The Report ruled that…

Publications: 21 JULY 2020

The UK Government reverses its approach to high risk vendors in telecoms

In January 2020, the UK Government announced its intention to introduce a new comprehensive telecoms security regime.  That announcement accompanied lengthy and long awaited guidance on the extent to…

Publications: 04 JUNE 2020

Environmental priorities at the heart of Europe’s Covid-19 coronavirus Recovery Plan

Last week, the European Commission unveiled a EUR750 billion plan to help the European Union recover from the Covid-19 pandemic (the Recovery Plan)1.  Touted as “Europe’s moment”, the Commission has…