Asian International Infrastructure Bank
- UK has joined- US didn’t like this decision
- Objective: providing funding for new infrastructure projects in emerging Asian economies that
struggle to get funding from other institutions.
- Positives: more capacities for development
- Negative: China’s projecting soft power- it’s a geostrategic way of asserting power
- AIIB will also be active in Latin America
International Criminal Court - Myanmar Case
- Act of crime took place in Myanmar (not ICC jurisdiction) and forced deportation took place in
Bangladesh (in ICC jurisdiction)
- Persecution of Rohinga- a crime against humanity
- The element of the offence- not letting them re-enter Myanmar took place in Bangladesh
territory
Showdown at WTO
- Obama ban on flavored cigarettes
- Indonesia sent flavored cigarettes - US produced menthol cigarettes => US only banned
flavored cigarettes.
- Clove vs. Mint debate
I. Private meeting: no agreement
II. Outside experts both parties agreed on
III. Headquarters- exports, lawyers
IV. Panel (other countries can come too)
- Panel decides that US is discriminating against Indonesia- tariffs
- Indonesia starts sending clove cigars not cigarettes
- All countries have to agree on the judges when they’re appointed- US has prevented any new
judges from being considered.
- UK has joined- US didn’t like this decision
- Objective: providing funding for new infrastructure projects in emerging Asian economies that
struggle to get funding from other institutions.
- Positives: more capacities for development
- Negative: China’s projecting soft power- it’s a geostrategic way of asserting power
- AIIB will also be active in Latin America
International Criminal Court - Myanmar Case
- Act of crime took place in Myanmar (not ICC jurisdiction) and forced deportation took place in
Bangladesh (in ICC jurisdiction)
- Persecution of Rohinga- a crime against humanity
- The element of the offence- not letting them re-enter Myanmar took place in Bangladesh
territory
Showdown at WTO
- Obama ban on flavored cigarettes
- Indonesia sent flavored cigarettes - US produced menthol cigarettes => US only banned
flavored cigarettes.
- Clove vs. Mint debate
I. Private meeting: no agreement
II. Outside experts both parties agreed on
III. Headquarters- exports, lawyers
IV. Panel (other countries can come too)
- Panel decides that US is discriminating against Indonesia- tariffs
- Indonesia starts sending clove cigars not cigarettes
- All countries have to agree on the judges when they’re appointed- US has prevented any new
judges from being considered.
