Dr. G. (Geraldo) Vidigal
Faculty of Law
Public International Law
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: 10.04
Postal address
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Postbus 15859
1001 NJ Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Geraldo Vidigal is Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he lectures International Trade Law and Public International Law and coordinates the LL.M. in International Trade and Investment Law.
Dr. Vidigal is the author of Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026) and co-editor (with Kathleen Claussen) of The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements (Oxford University Press, 2024). He publishes regularly on International Economic Law and International Dispute Settlement in peer-reviewed journals and high-level edited volumes.
Dr. Vidigal is Editor-in-Chief of Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Kluwer), integrates the Board of Editors of the Journal of International Economic Law (OUP) and is a founding editor of the Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law (Brill). He was twice elected for the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law (2022-2024, 2025-2027).
Dr. Vidigal holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s in International Law from the Sorbonne Law School and a Bachelor’s in Law from the University of São Paulo. He has held visiting positions and fellowships at the European University Institute, the Graduate Institute (Geneva), Freie Universität Berlin and Bocconi University (Milan).
Prior to joining UvA, Dr. Vidigal worked as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the World Trade Organization (Legal Affairs Division) and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution of the Max Planck Institute in Luxembourg. He integrates the WTO's indicative roster of dispute settlement panelists as well as the European Union's list of trade panelists and trade and sustainability experts for dispute settlement under international trade agreements.
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Publications
- refereed (41)
- academic (8)
- professional (2)
- popular scientific (7)
- conference contributions (2)
- recognitions (65)
- supervised theses (2)
- working papers / preprints (1)
2026
- Vidigal, G. (2026). Disciplining (and Ending?) Protectionism: Tariffs and Quotas. In J. Trachtman, & C. L. Lim (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/law/international-trade-law/cambridge-companion-world-trade-law?format=PB&isbn=9781009490139#contents
2025
Lehmen, A., & Vidigal, G. (2025). Trade and Environment in EU-Mercosur Relations: Negotiating in the Shadow of Unilateralism. European Foreign Affairs Review, 30(SI), 87-114. https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2025004 [details]- Vidigal, G. (2025). Not So Member-driven After All: The GATT-Era Origins of the WTO’s System of Remedies. In N. Lamp (Ed.), Reckoning and Renewal: The World Trade Organization and Its Dispute Settlement System at 30: Essays in Honour of Valerie Hughes (pp. 229-241)
- Vidigal, G., & Challet, C. (2025). Secondary Sanctions under General and Security Exceptions. In T. Ruys, C. Ryngaert, & F. Rodríguez Silvestre (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Secondary Sanctions and International Law (pp. 305-329). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009365840.017 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Donoghue, S. C. (2025). Trade Commitments, Legitimate Regulation, and Extraterritoriality: Limits Beyond Non-discrimination? Global Trade and Customs Journal, 20(6), 404-414. https://doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2025071 [details]
2024
- Vidigal, G. (2024). Decentralized Enforcement of Sustainability Commitments: Rebalancing, Targeted Enforcement, and Production Requirements in Trade Agreements. In G. Vidigal, & K. Claussen (Eds.), The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements (pp. 251–268). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994470.003.0016 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2024). International Trade and Embedded Emissions after KlimaSeniorinnen: The Extraterritoriality of Climate Change Obligations. In M. Bönnemann, & M. A. Tigre (Eds.), The Transformation of European Climate Litigation (pp. 143-154). Verfassungsbooks. https://doi.org/10.17176/20241023-105634-0, https://doi.org/10.59704/4118ba28032000cd [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Claussen, K. (Eds.) (2024). The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994470.001.0001 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Forrest, S. (2024). Part Two, Chapters I and II of the ARSIWA: Remedies. In A. Kulick, & M. Waibel (Eds.), General International Law in International Investment Law: A Commentary (pp. 375-400). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780192849922.003.0033 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Parwani, P. (2024). TRIPS at Thirty: The Evolving Interactional Law of Public Health Exceptions to Intellectual Property Protection. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 57(2), 1489-1555. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4838041 [details]
2023
- Vidigal, G. (2023). Article XI GATT: General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions. In M. Wagner, P.-T. Stoll, & H. P. Hestermeyer (Eds.), Technical Barriers and SPS Measures (2nd ed., pp. 96-125). (Commentaries on World Trade Law; Vol. 4). Brill Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/2666-4941_WTCO_COM_4014 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2023). The Unilateralization of Trade Governance: Constructive, Reconstructive, and Deconstructive Unilateralism. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 50(1), 1-11. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/50.1/LEIE2023004 [details]
2022
- Venzke, I., & Vidigal, G. (2022). Are Unilateral Trade Measures in the Climate Crisis the End of Differentiated Responsibilities? The Case of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). In M. den Heijer, & H. van der Wilt (Eds.), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2020: Global Solidarity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (pp. 187-225). (Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; Vol. 51). Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-527-0_7 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2022). Regional Trade Adjudication and the Rise of Sustainability Disputes: Korea—Labor Commitments and Ukraine—Wood Export Bans. American Journal of International Law, 116(3), 567-578. https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2022.34 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2022). Remedies and Compliance. In D. Bethlehem, D. McRae, R. Neufeld, & I. Van Damme (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook on International Trade Law (2nd ed., pp. 967-992). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192868381.013.38 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Venzke, I. (2022). Of False Conflicts and Real Challenges: Trade Agreements, Climate Clubs, and Border Adjustments. AJIL unbound, 116, 202-207. https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2022.34 [details]
2021
- Kuijper, P. J., & Vidigal, G. (2021). The European Union and the Multilateral Trade Regime: Reciprocal Influences. In M. Hahn, & G. Van der Loo (Eds.), Law and Practice of the Common Commercial Policy: The First 10 Years after the Treaty of Lisbon (pp. 434-457). (Studies in EU External Relations; Vol. 18). Brill Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004393417_020 [details]
- Schill, S. W., & Vidigal, G. (2021). Investment Dispute Settlement à la carte: A Proposal for the Reform of Investor–State Dispute Settlement. In M. Elsig, R. Polanco, & P. van den Bossche (Eds.), International Dispute Settlement: Demise or Transformation? (pp. 220-263). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966122.010 [details]
- Schill, S. W., & Vidigal, G. (Eds.) (2021). National Security, Private Actors, and Political Risk: Judicial and Non-Judicial Responses. The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 22(4), 503-644. https://brill.com/view/journals/jwit/22/4/jwit.22.issue-4.xml [details]
- Schill, S., & Vidigal, G. (2021). National Security, Private Actors, and Political Risk: Judicial and Non-Judicial Responses: An Introduction. The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 22(4), 503-508. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340216 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2021). Hidden Meanings: Evolutionary Interpretation between Norm Application and Progressive Development: [Review of: G. Abi-Saab, K. Keith, G. Marceau, C. Marquet (2019) Evolutionary interpretation and international law]. Journal of International Economic Law, 24(1), 203–219. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgaa035 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2021). International Trade Dispute Settlement 2.0. Remarks by Geraldo Vidigal. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting - American Society of International Law, 115, 182-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/amp.2021.120 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2021). Loophole or Fire Alarm? The Consensus Requirement for the Appointment of Appellate Body Members and the Institutional Design of the WTO. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 48(1), 67-94. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/48.1/LEIE2021005 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Schill, S. W. (2021). International Economic Law and the Securitization of Policy Objectives: Risks of a Schmittean Exception. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 48(2), 109-118. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/48.2/LEIE2021007 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Schill, S. W. B. (Eds.) (2021). International Economic Law and the Evolving Notion of Security. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 48(2), 109-222. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalIssue/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/48.2/19738
- Vidigal, G., & Tamiotti, L. (2021). Committee on Trade and Environment. In P. Delimatsis, & L. Reins (Eds.), Trade and Environmental Law (pp. 107-113). (Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law; Vol. XI). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783476985.XI.11 [details]
2020
- Schill, S. W., & Vidigal, G. (2020). Designing Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte: Insights from Comparative Institutional Design Analysis. The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 18(3), 314-344. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718034-12341407 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2020). A Really Big Button That Doesn’t Do Anything? The Anti-NME Clause in US Trade Agreements Between Law and Geoeconomics. Journal of International Economic Law, 23(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgaa001 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2020). From the Board: The EU–UK Future Relationship: A Trade or Governance Agreement? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 47(2), 105-113. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/47.2/LEIE2020005 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2020). Re-Imagined Communities: the WTO Appellate Body and the Communitization of WTO Law. In H. Ruiz Fabri, A. Nunes Chaib, I. Venzke, & A. Von Bogdandy (Eds.), International Judicial Legitimacy: New Voices and Approaches (pp. 203-226). (Studies of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law; Vol. 20). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748908661-203 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2020). Sequencing: Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In H. Ruiz Fabri (Ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law: MPEiPro Article e3338 (Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law). Oxford University Press. https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law-mpeipro/e3338.013.3338/law-mpeipro-e3338 [details]
2019
- Vidigal, G. (2019). Living Without the Appellate Body: Multilateral, Bilateral and Plurilateral Solutions to the WTO Dispute Settlement Crisis. The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 20(6), 862-890. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340160 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2019). The Return of Voluntary Export Restraints? How WTO Law Regulates (and Doesn't Regulate) Bilateral Trade-Restrictive Agreements. Journal of World Trade, 53(2), 187-210. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=TRAD2019009 [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2019). WTO Adjudication and the Security Exception: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed – Something Blue? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 46(3), 203-224. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal%20Issues%20of%20Economic%20Integration/46.3/21584 [details]
2018
- Vidigal, G. (2018). From the Board: The Nativist Turn One Year On: Is the System Holding? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 45(2), 111-119. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=LEIE2018006 [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Stevens, B. (2018). Brazil’s New Model of Dispute Settlement for Investment: Return to the Past or Alternative for the Future? The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 19(3), 475-512. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340100 [details]
2017
- Vidigal, G. (2017). Attribution in the WTO: The Limits of "Sufficient Government Involvement”. Uluslararası ticaret ve tahkim hukuku dergisi = Journal of International Trade and Arbitration Law, 6(special issue), 133-160. [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2017). Why Is There So Little Litigation under Free Trade Agreements? Retaliation and Adjudication in International Dispute Settlement. Journal of International Economic Law, 20(4), 927-950. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgx037 [details]
2015
- Vidigal, G. (2015). Targeting Compliance: Prospective Remedies in International Law. Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 6(3), 462–484. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlids/idv018
2013
- Vidigal, G. (2013). From Bilateral to Multilateral Law-making: Legislation, Practice, Evolution and the Future of Inter Se Agreements in the WTO. European Journal of International Law, 24(4), 1027–1053. https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/24/4/1027/606380
- Vidigal, G. (2013). Re-Assessing WTO Remedies: The Prospective and the Retrospective. Journal of International Economic Law, 3(1), 505–534.
2023
- Vidigal, G. (2023). Passing Political Pressure for a Development Agenda? WTO Law Limits to the Trade-Migration Linkage in the Proposed EU GSP Regulation. Web publication or website, EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy . https://eumigrationlawblog.eu/passing-political-pressure-for-a-development-agenda-wto-law-limits-to-the-trade-migration-linkage-in-the-proposed-eu-gsp-regulation/ [details]
2022
- Vidigal, G. (2022). Guest Post: The Unilateralization of Trade Governance: Constructive, Reconstructive, and Deconstructive Unilateralism. Web publication or website, International Economic Law and Policy Blog. https://ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2022/12/guest-post-the-unilateralization-of-trade-governance-constructive-reconstructive-and-deconstructive-.html [details]
2019
- Schill, S. W., & Vidigal, G. (2019). Investment dispute settlement à la carte within a multilateral institution: A path forward for the UNCITRAL process? (Columbia FDI Perspectives; No. 248). Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. http://ccsi.columbia.edu/files/2018/10/No-248-Schill-and-Vidigal-FINAL.pdf [details]
2018
- Schill, S. W., & Vidigal, G. (2018). Reforming Dispute Settlement in Trade: The Contribution of Mega-Regionals. (RTA Exchange). International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. http://e15initiative.org/publications/reforming-dispute-settlement-in-trade-the-contribution-of-mega-regionals/ [details]
- Schill, S., & Vidigal, G. (2018). Cutting the Gordian Knot: Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte. (RTA Exchange). International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. https://www.ictsd.org/sites/default/files/research/rta_exchange_-_investment_dispute_settlement_-_schill_and_vidigal.pdf [details]
- Vidigal, G. (2018). Making regional dispute settlement attractive: The “Court of Arbitration” option. Web publication or website, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. https://www.ictsd.org/opinion/making-regional-dispute-settlement-attractive-the- [details]
- Vidigal, G., & Schill, S. W. (2018). Addressing Interstate Dispute Settlement Concerns in Mega-Regional Agreements. Web publication or website, The E15Initiative. http://e15initiative.org/blogs/addressing-interstate-dispute-settlement-concerns-in-mega-regional-agreements/ [details]
- de Bruyn, S., Nusselder, S., van Wijngaarden, L., Rooijers, F., & Vidigal, G. (2018). Compensation External Costs: A policy instrument for climate change mitigation. CE Delft. https://www.ce.nl/publicaties/download/2619 [details]
2023
- Vidigal, G. (2023). GSP Review – Migrant Returns and Readmissions Conditionality – Compatibility with WTO Law.
2020
- Vergeer, R., Rozema, J., Odegard, I., Sinke, P., Vidigal, G., & van der Schans, F. (2020). A sustainability charge on meat. CE Delft. https://www.cedelft.eu/en/publications/2411/a-sustainability-charge-on-meat [details]
2023
- Vidigal, G. (in press). Acordo Comercial com a UE é Oportunidade de Ancorar Compromissos de Sustentabilidade no Plano Internacional. Folha de São Paulo.
2016
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2016). Compliance Adjudication at the ICJ – The Alleged Violations Case. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
2015
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). A Bacon Dispute at the WTO? International Trade Regulation and the WHO Decision on Red Meat and Processed Meat. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Trade Agreements, EU Law, and Occupied Territories (2): The General Court Judgment in Frente Polisario v Council and the Protection of Fundamental Rights Abroad. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Trade Agreements, EU Law, and Occupied Territories – A Report on Polisario v Council. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). WTO: The First 500 Disputes and the Last 100 Disputes. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
- Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Whose Club Is It Anyway? PTAs 2.0 and the Creeping Non-Trade Rules. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
2023
- Vidigal, G. (2023). Towards a Multilateral Climate Club?. Paper presented at Trade and Climate Workshop.
2018
- Vidigal, G. (2018). Westphalia Strikes Back? Coping with Conflicts of Conceptions in WTO Dispute Settlement. Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference of European Society of International Law: Universality, Manchester, United Kingdom. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3259127
Prize / grant
- Vidigal, G., Weimer, M., Cebulak, P., Schleifer, P. & Krapohl, S. (2021). Free, Fair & Green? Governing Europe’s Trade Relations in a Changing Global Economic Order. https://aces.uva.nl/content/news/2021/03/interdisciplinary-research-projects.html
Membership / relevant position
- Vidigal, G. (2021-2024). Member of the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law, Society of International Economic Law.
- Vidigal, G. (2017-2019). Society of International Economic Law.
- Vidigal, G. (2017-2019). European Society of International Law, Interest Group on International Economic Law.
Media appearance
- Vidigal, G. (30-03-2023). EU puts trade weapon on the table. Will it shoot? [Web] Politico. EU puts trade weapon on the table. Will it shoot?. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-put-trade-weapon-table-will-it-shoot-china-economy/
- Vidigal, G. (01-03-2023). Pushback grows over Brussels’ plan to link trade to migrant returns [Web] Politico. Pushback grows over Brussels’ plan to link trade to migrant returns. https://www.politico.eu/article/pushback-brussels-plan-link-trade-migrant-returns/
- Vidigal, G. (03-09-2020). Nieuwe sancties tegen Huawei raken ook Nederlandse chipmakers [Print] Het Financieele Dagblad. Nieuwe sancties tegen Huawei raken ook Nederlandse chipmakers. https://fd.nl/ondernemen/1355834/nieuwe-sancties-tegen-huawei-raken-ook-nederlandse-chipmakers
- Vidigal, G. (12-04-2019). Airbus Subsidies: No Doubt US to Retaliate if EU Not Complies With WTO - Scholar [Web] Sputnik News. Airbus Subsidies: No Doubt US to Retaliate if EU Not Complies With WTO - Scholar. https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201904121074059506-usa-trump-eu-wto-airbus-tariffs/
- Vidigal, G. (07-12-2018). De wereld in 2019 - Van Make America Great Again naar Mission Accomplished [Print] Het Financieele Dagblad. Van Make America Great Again naar Mission Accomplished. https://fd.nl/weekend/1272983/van-make-america-great-again-naar-mission-accomplished#
- Vidigal, G. (14-04-2018). WTO wordt steeds meer papieren tijger [Print] De Telegraaf. WTO wordt steeds meer papieren tijger. https://www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/1915461/wto-wordt-steeds-meer-papieren-tijger
- Vidigal, G. (04-04-2018). Trumps klacht is terecht [Print] De Telegraaf. Trumps klacht is terecht. https://www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/1869740/trumps-klacht-is-terecht
- Vidigal, G. (19-03-2017). Gang naar WTO zal EU niet helpen om handelsoorlog te beslechten [Print] Financiëel Dagblad. Gang naar WTO zal EU niet helpen om handelsoorlog te beslechten. https://fd.nl/economie-politiek/1245519/gang-naar-wto-zal-eu-niet-helpen-om-handelsoorlog-te-beslechten
Journal editor
- Vidigal, G. (editor) (2017-2019). Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Journal).
- Vidigal, G. (reviewer) (2017-2019). Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Journal).
Talk / presentation
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-3-2025). Public interests without borders: Investigating the European Union’s transnational ambitions.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (28-2-2025). Between Law and (Trade) War:Trade Dispute Settlement in an Institutionally Weak System, Chatham House.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (25-2-2025). EU-Mercosur Trade Deal: What Lies Ahead?, Institut Jacques Delors .
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (9-12-2024). Sustainable Development in EU-Mercosur Negotiations: Is There a Landing Zone?, Sustainable Development as Fundamental Pillar of Economic Governance and Public Affairs, Ravenna. https://www.fondazioneflaminia.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ravenna-Conference-Sustainability-ReGlobe-compressed.pdf?x44868
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (5-11-2024). [Panel Discussion] Secondary Sanctions and the international legal order. https://www.asser.nl/education-events/events/?id=4375
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-4-2024). The Tensions of Trade and Sustainability, ASIL Annual Meeting 2024, Washington, DC. https://web.cvent.com/event/850bbbfe-8a7a-42ff-9914-c3eaa9000ff1/summary?session=f632b0ab-bade-453b-8257-ca4d32ea364d
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-3-2024). USDA Trade Academy, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (25-1-2024). Developing Country Responses to the EU CBAM, Developing Country Responses to the EU CBAM , Saint Michael. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTiwfsrrAA&ab_channel=SRCBarbados
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (5-12-2023). Promoting Climate Action through Trade Law, Climate Law & Governance Day 2023, Dubai. https://www.mdx.ac.ae/news/middlesex-university-dubai-hosts-annual-glgi-climate-law-and-governance-day-with-cambridge-university
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (6-2-2023). The UK in a World of Green Industrial Strategies, Workshop: UK Trade and Public Policy Network, Oxford.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (18-7-2022). ‘Sustainable Global Markets’, Sustainable Global Economic Law Summer School, Amsterdam. https://sgel.uva.nl/content/events/events/2022/07/summer-school.html
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (12-12-2021). International Trade Agreements and Extraterritorial Regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Netherlands, The Hague. https://www.ou.nl/en/web/conferentie-mvo-in-nederland/conference-mvo-in-the-netherlands/program
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (28-10-2021). The Decentralization and De-Institutionalization of Trade Governance, SIEL October Conversation: ‘Institutions and Dispute Settlement under WTO’, Amsterdam.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (25-9-2021). Discussion on Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit (DS512), Security Exception and the WTO, New Delhi.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (24-3-2021). The 2021 ASIL Virtual Annual Meeting, The 2021 ASIL Virtual Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-3-2021). Roundtable: Current State and Challenges to the WTO Dispute Settlement System, WTO Secretariat.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (9-2-2021). Examining Options for the EU-Mercosur Agreement, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (8-12-2020). National Security Provisions in Trade and Investment Agreements, Principles of Treaty Interpretation – Does Vienna Wait for You?, Washington, DC. https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/406301811/
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (9-9-2020). Preparing for the Patent Lawfare: Compulsory Licensing and the Production and Trade of Treatments and Vaccines, Online Workshop of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) .
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-9-2020). Trade-Restrictive Measures for Ocean Conservation: Unilateralism, Multilateralism, and the Role of WTO Rules, Sustainable Ocean Conference , Utrecht.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (2-9-2019). Mega-Regional Agreements, a Threat to the International Trading System?, Second World Meeting of Societies for International Law, The Hague. https://rencontremondiale-worldmeeting.org/program/
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (14-2-2019). Rules-Based Trade Under Fire: the EU Customs Union in Uncertain Times, EFS Conference, '50 Years of the EU Customs Union and EU VAT System
, Rotterdam. https://www.europesefiscalestudies.nl/conferences/efs-conference-50-years-of-the-eu-customs-union-and-eu-vat-system-developments-challenges-… - Vidigal, G. (speaker) & Schill, S. W. B. (speaker) (1-2-2019). Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte within a Multilateral Institution, Reforming International Investment Arbitration, Oslo.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (13-9-2018). Westphalia Strikes Back: The 2018 Trade Wars and the Threat to the WTO Regime, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Manchester.
- Vidigal, G. (speaker), Kuijper, P. J. (speaker) & Hommes, W. E. (speaker) (10-9-2018). Trade Wars, or the War on Trade, UvA Spui25. http://www.spui25.nl/spui25-en/events/events/2018/09/trade-wars-the-war-on-trade.html
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (3-9-2018). A Trade Perspective on Investment Law, University of Göttingen - University of São Paulo Summer School on Investment Law, Göttingen. https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/download/a61b02b79476b27fe643836c1958cb79.pdf/Program Summer School on International Investment Law.pdf
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) (12-7-2018). Westphalia Strikes Back: The 2018 Trade Wars and the Threat to the WTO Regime, Society of International Economic Law Biannual Conference, Washington, D.C.. http://www.sielnet.org/SIEL2018
- Vidigal, G. (speaker) & Schill, S. W. B. (speaker) (13-6-2018). Comparing Key Features of Investment Policymaking - ISDS, RTA Exchange Dialogues, Geneva.
Others
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (30-4-8). Arbitrator at 10th Annual PCA Vis Pre-moot (other). https://pca-cpa.org/en/news/pca-to-host-vis-pre-moot-in-april-2019/
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (19-10-2023). Forestry Protection and Trade, Amsterdam. The negotiations of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement (EMAA) have hit a roadblock. The original 2019 agreement's Trade and Sustainable (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (21-9-2023). Trade and Climate Workshop. Towards a Multilateral Climate Club? (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (12-7-2023). SIEL 2023 Bogotá Global Conference, Bogotá. The Sustainability Revolution in Trade Agreements (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://sielnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Master-Programme_SIEL-Global-Conference-2023.pdf
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (16-6-2023). Journée d’étude - Le Mécanisme européen d’ajustement carbone aux frontières, Nice. Le MACF, le droit de l’OMC et le traitement différencié des pays en voie de développement (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (18-11-2022). Crafting Trade and Investment Accords for Sustainable Development: Athena's Treaties, Amsterdam. Keynote Speech | Book Talk with Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Segger (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://acil.uva.nl/content/events/2022/11/athenas-treaties.html?origin=nMBcXZyYTj2MGQ9fw4qmhg
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (18-11-2022 - 19-11-2022). The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements, Amsterdam. Author's workshop for forthcoming book, edited by Geraldo Vidigal and Kathleen Claussen (Oxford University Press) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (11-7-2022). EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Birmingham. EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/events/2022/eu-china-comprehensive-agreement-on-investment.aspx
- Vidigal, G. (other) (23-6-2022). List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators and TSD Experts (other).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (8-6-2022 - 10-6-2022). 11th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law, Birmingham (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Weimer, M. (organiser), Vidigal, G. (organiser), Cebulak, P. (organiser), Krapohl, S. (organiser) & Schleifer, P. (organiser) (13-5-2022). Between Interests and Values - The future of EU trade policy, Amsterdam. The conference is the kick-off event of the ACES funded interdisciplinary project ‘Free, Fair, and Green? The EU’s Trade Policy in a Changing Global (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://aces.uva.nl/content/events/2022/05/between-interests-and-values.html
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (28-4-2022 - 29-4-2022). Authors' Workshop, ‘General International Law in International Investment Law’, Vienna. Paper Presentation: ‘Judicial Remedies and Responsibility’ (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (3-3-2022 - 5-3-2022). Trade Agreements & Sustainability Workshop, Tucson (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://wtochairs.org/sites/default/files/Schedule%20Trade%20Agreements%20and%20Sustainability%20rev%203-3.pdf
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (3-12-2021). Taming the Many-headed Monster? Secondary Sanctions in the International Legal Order, Ghent. Reviewability of the security exception (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMZdxT0hTI0
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (4-11-2021). SIEL Conversation October 2021 - Institutions and Dispute Settlement under the WTO. Society of International Economic Law, SIEL Conversation October 2021 (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4ZH58zYpw
- Schill, S. (organiser) & Vidigal, G. (organiser) (14-11-2019 - 15-11-2019). International Economic Law and Security Interests Conference, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://acil.uva.nl/content/events/conferences/2019/11/international-economic-law-and-security-interests-conference.html
- Vidigal, G. (chair) (12-4-2019). The Legal Challenges of Starting Up a New Multilateral Development Bank:, Amsterdam. The legal challenges of starting up an international institution, in particular one as complex as a multilateral development bank, are considerable. (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://acil.uva.nl/content/events/lectures/2019/04/the-legal-challenges-of-starting-up-a-new-multilateral-development-bank.html
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (3-4-2019). The International Rule of Law and Domestic Dimensions: Synergies and Challenges, Göttingen. The Rule of Law and International Economic Law: The WTO System (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/download/3c7fa8b41e02d18bd64232066d397218.pdf/Workshop_Trade_Agreements.pdf
- Vidigal, G. (organiser) (23-11-2018). International Law Across Regimes: International Litigation and Extra-Regime Norms, Amsterdam. This event brings together three practitioners of international law covering one overarching topic of interaction among the different ‘regimes’ that (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (12-7-2018 - 14-7-2018). Society of International Economic Law Biannual Conference, Washington, D.C.. Biannual Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). http://www.sielnet.org/SIEL2018
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (11-5-2018). Symposium on Current Issues in International Law, Florence (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Vidigal, G. (participant) & Schill, S. W. B. (participant) (8-2-2018). RTA Exchange Dialogues, Geneva. RTA Exchange (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). http://e15initiative.org/events/rta-dispute-settlement-provisions-options-for-effective-enforcement/
- Vidigal, G. (participant) (6-9-2017 - 9-9-2017). 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Naples. Presenting at the International Economic Law Interest Group (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
2025
2023
- Vidigal, G. (2023). Designing Climate Clubs: The Four Models, Trade Commitments and the Non-Discrimination Dilemma. (Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies Research Paper; No. 2023-07), (Amsterdam Center for International Law; No. 2023-03). Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4346808 [details]
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List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators and TSD Experts -
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Member of the Executive Committee
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European Union
Lehmen, A., & Vidigal, G. (2025). Trade and Environment in EU-Mercosur Relations: Negotiating in the Shadow of Unilateralism. European Foreign Affairs Review, 30(SI), 87-114.