Guest Post: The Role of GATT Article XII in Interpreting and Applying Section 122
On May 7 a three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled against the Trump administration’s latest round of global 10% tariffs.
Conference on In Search of Common Ground: China-EU Economic Relations in Times of Global Disorder
On 29-30 May 2026, Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi’an, China will hold a conference on In Search of Common Ground: China-EU Economic Relations in Times of Global Disorder. The program is here. It sets out the aims of the conference as follows:
Since 2019, the European Union (EU)
Trade War Games (Review of How To Win a Trade War)
This blog post will offer a brief review of "How To Win a Trade War," by famous podcasters and think tankers/journalists Chad Bown and Soumaya Keynes. I wanted to post something in time for their official book launch (which is today), but I only got the book
Guest Post: Takeaways from Recent U.S.-China Trade Deals
This is a guest post by Bryan Riley, Director of the National Taxpayers Union’s Free Trade Initiative
Details of the Trump Administration’s recent deals with China have yet to be released, but a few key goals have been announced by the White House.
✔ China will meet its 2025
Assigning Blame for Trade Imbalances
Finance professor Michael Pettis writes often about trade imbalances, and as I've followed what he has to say on this subject over the years, I've tried to figure out where exactly he and I disagree.
Collective Restraint vs. Unilateral Action vs. Collective Action in the Face of Overcapacity/Non-Market Policies
There was an interesting exchange at last week's WTO General Council meeting, as Korea submitted a communication entitled "Preserving the spirit of open and predictable trade: Collective restraint against actions undermining trade liberalization." In this communication, Korea raised concerns about the response of other governments to
Guest Post: Section 301 on Forced Labor - A Closer Look at the Public Hearings
The Section 301 Investigation on forced labor has reached the stage of the public hearings. Between April 28 and 29, around 60 representatives of countries, business associations and non-governmental organizations offered their input to inform the USTR determination following the initiation notice.
Tracking Goods Exports under the Trump Administration's Trade Policies
My sense is that one of the reasons some traditionally pro-trade members of Congress have continued to support Trump's trade policies, despite misgivings they may have about tariffs, is because they hope these policies will pry open foreign markets, leading to increased US exports.
Could Congress Extend the USMCA for Another Term?
People have been assuming that the decision on whether to extend the USMCA for another term is up to President Trump, but based on the language of the USMCA related to the upcoming joint review, could Congress actually have the power to make this decision on its own?
A WTO-Compatible Climate Club that Solves our Climate Problem
We argue that the inability of the Paris Climate Agreement to stop the increase in carbon dioxide emissions is because its “name and shame” approach ignores the science of the requirements for an effective international cooperative agreement on climate policy.