Bryan Mercurio

Despite the fact that the Western press is reporting a win for the US in its IPRs dispute with China (see here and here), in reality this seems to be a win for China. Michael Geist (Ottawa) provides excellent initial analysis on his website (click here) showing why China was

Brazil and India are both upset over the interception (and return) by Dutch authorities of generic pharmaceuticals exported from India’s Dr. Reddy’s on route to Brazil. See here for one newspaper article.  The article states: Commerce secretary G.K. Pillai said the department has taken up the matter

The China-New Zealand FTA has now been signed and, in a follow up to an earlier post, I thought I would complete the analysis on its MFN clause. MFN does not appear to apply for goods, and only applies to a limited number of services (environmental services, construction, agriculture and

While Europe has been criticized for insisting upon MFN in its EPAs with its Caribbean trading partners, it seems New Zealand has managed to negotiate the same in its impending FTA with China. I have been a critic of New Zealand's 'first in' strategy to trade

Reports are that Canada has filed a complaint against the EU over the Dutch and Belgian bans on seal products (which currently or soon will outlaw the manufacture and commercialization of all products containing seal) and perhaps the Italian and Luxembourg regulations which refuse to grant import licenses to seal

Given Japan's stated criteria for selecting potential FTA partners (most notably geographical proximity, trade and investment volume and resource wealth) as well as its obvious prioritization of East Asian nations (ostensibly to counter China’s growing power in the region), its negotiations with Switzerland at first appear rather