Dr Greg Messenger
LLB(Hons), BCL, MPhil, DPhil
Expertise
Trade law and policy specialist. Particular focus on the use of trade policy to support public policy objectives including protecting health, supporting climate policy and sustainable development, and improving national security.
Current positions
Associate Professor
University of Bristol Law School
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Biography
Greg joined Bristol Law School as an Associate Professor in 2022. He was previously Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool, and prior to that, Junior Research Fellow in Law at the Queen's College, Oxford. He holds an undergraduate degree in law (LLB) from the University of Edinburgh, and a masters (BCL) and doctorate (DPhil) from the University of Oxford.
Greg spent four years working on trade law and policy in the UK government: first in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as an AHRC-ESRC-FCO Knowledge Exchange Fellow (2018-2020) and then as a Trade Policy Specialist in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2020-2022).
He is, with Emily Jones (University of Oxford), the co-founder of the Trade & Public Policy (TaPP) Network, the UK's largest network of academic trade experts.
Research interests
Greg has published on a range of topics in international law including on dispute settlement, sources of law, and, in particular, various aspects of trade law. His research principally examines the interaction between trade policy and public policy objectives such as improving public health, protecting national security, and supporting the environment.
As Co-Director of the Trade & Public Policy (TaPP) Network he sits as TaPP representative on the the UK's Trade & Sustainable Development Domestic Advisory Group: an independent body, tasked with monitoring and advising the UK goverment on issues relating to the implementation of the trade and sustainable development chapters of the UK’s trade agreements.
He was also Co-Rapporteur for the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Sustainable Development and the Green Economy in International Trade Law, which concluded its mandate in 2022. The ILA Lisbon Recommendations were adopted in June that year.
He is currently working on the role of economic diplomacy in the development of world trade law.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Navigating Trade Challenge at the World Trade Organization to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases and Promote Better Health for All
Principal Investigator
Description
This NIHR project researches the role of evidence in challenges to member state health promotion policies in the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee of the World Trade Organisation.Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/07/2023 to 30/06/2026
Publications
Selected publications
01/01/2023Commentaries on World Trade Law: Volume 2
Commentaries on World Trade Law: Volume 2
Final Report
Final Report
The Development of World Trade Organization Law: Examining Change in International Law
The Development of World Trade Organization Law: Examining Change in International Law
Recent publications
01/01/2024The Legal Links between Free Trade Agreements and Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements
Article XXXVII GATT
Commentaries on World Trade Law
Article XXXVIII GATT
Commentaries on World Trade Law
The History of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Commentaries on World Trade Law
Commentaries on World Trade Law: Volume 2
Commentaries on World Trade Law: Volume 2