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Colin Picker

Chinese Medicines in the China-Australia FTA

I came across one of the more interesting yet small details swirling around international trade today when I read a story (here) by the online news part of the ABC (that is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - not the other ABC) that: "Chinese medicine was the subject of a

SIEL 2014 Bern Conference Call for Papers/Panels/Posters

The Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) biennial global conference will be hosted by the World Trade Institute (WTI) in Bern, Switzerland, on 10-12 July 2014. The Call for Papers/Panels/ Posters was just released (with a Monday 4th November 2013 final submission date). It can be found at http:

Video Interviews of the Birth of the WTO etc.

Just a heads up about a very interesting on-going project that Gabrielle Marceau is working on. http://www.youtube.com/thewtocreation . As described at the website itself: This project began as a tribute to Ambassador Paul Trân Van Thinh on the occasion of his 80th birthday. We set out to

Ongoing Seals' Case (ECJ initial decision)

For those following the Canada-EU seals case, it continues to develop - with one avenue being its slow progress through EU (ECJ) domestic fora. The Sydney Morning Herald (via the AFP news service), and other papers (but probably not read by as many of the Blog's readers), reported

SIEL 2010 Conference - Call for Papers

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Brief Diversion

Perhaps I am injecting too light a note into the Blog, but such is life. As I sit here preparing one of the classes in my Trade Law course - on the economics of trade - I decided to inject a joke or two about economics and economists into the

New Map from the WTO – and some thoughts it sparked

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Latest Newsletter from SIEL

A summary of the latest Society of International Economic Law ("SIEL") newsletter is below for those of you not yet members of the SIEL ; ) This edition, as well as the previous newsletters, includes information on SIEL and IEL events around the world (more info at www.sielnet.org)

News from the Society of International Economic Law

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Thomas Walde

As many of you may know, one of our most distinguished colleagues, Thomas Walde, sadly passed away on October 13 at his vacation residence in France . The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (Russ Bleemer, Editor, Alternatives) posted the obituary below: An International ADR Legend Has Died (Oct. 14)