Rob Howse

A result like that in the recent Tuna/Dolphin 21.5 proceeding, on which I blogged here early this week http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2015/11/the-tunadolphin-appellate-body-215-ruling-a-decision-that-could-threaten-the-integrity-and-efficiency-of-wto-dispute-settl.html, necessarily focuses attention on the inner workings of the Appellate Body.  How could such an incoherent almost unreadable opinion, where the

There's no loser like a sore loser.  The anti-Iran deal camp is painfully aware that the President has enough votes to block any potential override of a congressional resolution disapproving the Iran deal.  Now that it appears they've lost, some in the anti-deal camp are starting

In the debate over the Iran deal among US legislators, high-profile enemies such as New York Senator Charles Schumer attack the Administration's suggestion that the one alternative to this agreement is war-bombing Iran's nuclear facilities.  Such critics hold out that continued or perhaps intensified sanctions could

Relatively few well-known legal academics have waded into the debate over the Iran deal.  Alan Dershowitz is a notable exception. He has published an e-book against the deal, for one thing.  Here, I'm not responding to that but instead his recent oped in USA today http://usat.ly/

Even if there are enough votes to override President Obama's veto of the Congressional resolution disapproving the Iran deal, Congress's disapproval may mean little in terms of the future of the deal.  While contrary to the conventional wisdom, including that of many US supporters of the

The conventional wisdom, delivered before anyone could really ponder the fine print of the Greek debt deal, is that Tsipras surrendered to the creditors in a humiliating defeat.  His referendum and prior tenacity in negotiations proved futile,according to the predominant account that has emerged in the media and the

In its ruling in the Tuna/Dolphin case, US-Tuna II, the WTO Appellate Body found that the role of the United States authorities in ensuring the integrity and honesty of a voluntary industry-based ecolabeling scheme violated the TBT Agreement in one narrow aspect.  The Appellate Body held that while the

Let's say those like Bill Kristol and Tom Cotton who are leading the "kill the deal" charge were to get what the say they want: Congress intervenes to make it impossible for the President to conclude a final agreement with Iran. What exactly do the hawks