Master of Laws (LLM) · University of Edinburgh (graduated); University of Nottingham Ningbo China (current); University of Law (current)
Aliya Woodcock is completing master’s degrees focused on International Political Economy at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and in International Trade and Commercial Law at the University of Law. Her thesis examined China’s divergent responses to Australia and the UK in 2020. She is particularly interested in how states, especially China, use trade as an instrument of foreign policy at the intersection of economic statecraft and security.
What do the contrasting India–EFTA TEPA and India–EU FTA negotiations reveal about India’s evolving trade policy? The TEPA’s rapid conclusion versus the EU FTA’s long deadlock shows India’s shift from defensive multilateralism to pragmatic, investment-led bilateralism that prioritises industrial …
Main question: Why has China chosen to forgo new WTO Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) claims? Argument: The move is largely symbolic, aimed at improving multilateral credibility, reducing US and developed-country concerns and asserting leadership among developing nations without significa…
