Legal Dimensions of Supply Chain Resilience in International Trade
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2026 | Viewed by 253
Special Issue Editors
Interests: international trade law; particularly agricultural trade; trade facilitation; renewable energy trade
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global supply chains are central to sustaining international trade, supporting industrial production, and promoting economic growth. Yet, their operation is increasingly challenged by the complexities of international economic regimes. In recent years, the global supply chain landscape has become increasingly fragile due to geopolitical fragmentation, environmental standards, and economic disruptions. These interconnected challenges and their cascading impacts are reshaping the discourse on the international economic order. Trade measures are increasingly being employed as instruments of economic and foreign policy tools, transforming the regulatory architecture of global trade and investment. Therefore, legal scholarship has a critical role to play in analysing the interaction between trade regulation, economic security, and supply chain resilience.
This Special Issue invites original and rigorous research contributions that advance our understanding of supply chain resilience in the context of international trade law and policy. We particularly welcome articles that examine how evolving international trade and investment regimes shape sustainable and resilient global supply chains.
Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Supply chain resilience and economic security.
- Trade law and supply chain disruptions.
- The role of free trade agreement and regional integration in supply chain governance.
- Export controls, import restrictions, and trade defense measures.
- Sanctions regimes and their extraterritorial implications.
- Plurilateral initiatives and free trade agreements on supply chain.
- Investment law and supply chain reshoring.
- Due diligence, ESG compliance, and corporate accountability in transnational supply chains.
- The decarbonization of global supply chains.
- Critical minerals and strategic supply chain security.
Dr. Jiangyuan Fu
Dr. Marina Trunk-Fedorova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supply chain resilience
- international trade law
- economic security
- geopolitics
- WTO and regional trade agreements
- sanctions
- investment law
- export controls
- sustainable development
- risk management
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