Andreas Blüthner

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Andreas Blüthner is the legal adviser for world trade law and intergovernmental affairs in the Department of International
Economic Affairs at the BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. His thanks for comments on earlier drafts go out to 
Mark Cassell, Carolina Donkersloot, Florent Duploy, Albrecht Graf v. Hardenberg, Jörg Hartmann, Georg Kell, 
Alexander Lorz, and Kerstin Mechlem. Special regards to Berangere Magarinos for the fruitful cooperation and mutual 
learning during the Global Compact Development Project mission in 2002.