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Papers by Camilo Soto

Houston Journal of International Law, 2018

In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Ag... more In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Agreement, this article tries to shed light on the stakes raised by the states' objectives for the negotiation from a Mexican perspective by analyzing the trade and foreign direct investment strategy pursued by Mexico since the mid1980s, including recent developments such as the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TPP. The article forewarns that, from a Mexican outlook, the greatest risk of a bad outcome in the renegotiation would be a departure from the current pro economic liberalization and openness to international supervision that the Mexican state has had since the mid-1980s. Taking this as a * LL.M. New York University School of Law; LL.B. Centro de Investigaci6n y Docencia Econ6micas (Mex.). The author can be reached at camilo.sotocrespo@law.nyu.edu. I am deeply indebted with Professor Rob Howse, Teresa Crespo, Andrea Conde, Ana La...

Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional, 2016

El análisis de la viabilidad de la participación de México en las Operaciones de Mantenimiento de... more El análisis de la viabilidad de la participación de México en las Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas involucra aspectos jurídicos de derecho internacional y doméstico constitucional mexicano; particularmente se analizan aquellos relacionados con las condicionantes enunciadas por el presidente de la República como lineamientos de la participación mexicana, videlicet las facultades de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para crearlas, su legalidad bajo derecho internacional y doméstico mexicano, así como las relaciones entre el Poder Ejecutivo Federal y el Congreso de la Unión para su implementación.

Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs, 2017

The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken... more The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken the shape it has, particularly as it regards to the use of soft-law norms and institutional-making in the apex of the regime: the coordination level of the relevant actors by the Group of Twenty's Financial Stability Board (FSB). Accordingly, it will be argued that path-dependency and the national financial regulators' zealously held powers are two main factors that explain the current informal, "softness" of the FSB-its lack of international legal personality and legally binding instruments.

In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Ag... more In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Agreement, this article tries to shed light on the stakes raised by the states' objectives for the negotiation from a Mexican perspective by analyzing the trade and foreign direct investment strategy pursued by Mexico since the mid-1980s, including recent developments such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TPP. The article forewarns that, from a Mexican outlook, the greatest risk of a bad outcome in the renegotiation would be a departure from the current pro economic liberalization and openness to international supervision that the Mexican state has had since the mid-1980s. Taking this as a backdrop, the article then tries to map Mexico’s conduct towards the international investment system of dispute settlement (ISDS) through a two-variable approach: the struggle to cope both with full economic liberalization, on the one hand, and with international supervision, on the other hand. Accordingly, Mexico’s apparent Manichean attitude towards ISDS, as seen in the international non-arbitrability of the upstream hydrocarbons’ sector and secrecy in ISDS, can be explained because of what Mexico’s President Enrique Peña (2012–2018) described as the two Mexicos: the globalized (opened) and the lagging (closed).

Volume 5, Issue 2: Collected Works, 5 Penn. St. J.L. & Int'l Aff. (2017), Jun 23, 2017

The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken... more The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken the shape it has, particularly as it regards to the use of soft-law norms and institutional-making in the apex of the regime: the coordination level of the relevant actors by the Group of Twenty’s Financial Stability Board (FSB). Accordingly, it will be argued that path-dependency and the national financial regulators’ zealously held powers are two main factors that explain the current informal, “softness” of the FSB—its lack of international legal personality and legally binding instruments.

Volumen XVI (2016), Feb 2016

Houston Journal of International Law, 2018

Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional, 2016

Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs, 2017

In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Ag... more In the advent of the renegotiation (and possible termination) of the North American Free Trade Agreement, this article tries to shed light on the stakes raised by the states' objectives for the negotiation from a Mexican perspective by analyzing the trade and foreign direct investment strategy pursued by Mexico since the mid-1980s, including recent developments such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TPP. The article forewarns that, from a Mexican outlook, the greatest risk of a bad outcome in the renegotiation would be a departure from the current pro economic liberalization and openness to international supervision that the Mexican state has had since the mid-1980s. Taking this as a backdrop, the article then tries to map Mexico’s conduct towards the international investment system of dispute settlement (ISDS) through a two-variable approach: the struggle to cope both with full economic liberalization, on the one hand, and with international supervision, on the other hand. Accordingly, Mexico’s apparent Manichean attitude towards ISDS, as seen in the international non-arbitrability of the upstream hydrocarbons’ sector and secrecy in ISDS, can be explained because of what Mexico’s President Enrique Peña (2012–2018) described as the two Mexicos: the globalized (opened) and the lagging (closed).

Volume 5, Issue 2: Collected Works, 5 Penn. St. J.L. & Int'l Aff. (2017), Jun 23, 2017

The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken... more The present paper tries to explain why the current international financial legal regime has taken the shape it has, particularly as it regards to the use of soft-law norms and institutional-making in the apex of the regime: the coordination level of the relevant actors by the Group of Twenty’s Financial Stability Board (FSB). Accordingly, it will be argued that path-dependency and the national financial regulators’ zealously held powers are two main factors that explain the current informal, “softness” of the FSB—its lack of international legal personality and legally binding instruments.

Volumen XVI (2016), Feb 2016