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Simon Lester

Simon Lester

Co-founder of WorldTradeLaw.net and China Trade Monitor. Non-resident fellow at the Baker Institute.

http://simonlester.com

Call for Papers: The New Generation of EU FTAs: External and Internal Challenges

In the framework of the LAwTTIP Jean Monnet Network, the Institut de l’Ouest: Droit et Europe (IODE, UMR CNRS 6262) of the University of Rennes 1 organises the 3rd Young Researchers Workshop, dedicated to the internal and external challenges linked to the new generation of EU free trade agreements.

Guest Post: De facto Recognition of a Government In Posse and the Legality of the US/UK Financial Sanctions Against Venezuela

This is a guest post from Marcin Menkes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Law at Warsaw School of Economics: The dramatic descent of Venezuela from riches to rags—from a fiery critic of “the devil” in the White House and sponsor of Cuban “revolutionary democracy” to an economic

ANZSIL International Economic Law Workshop in Christchurch

The School of Law at the University of Canterbury is hosting the ANZSIL International Economic Law Workshop in Christchurch this Friday. You can find the program here.

Section 301 as an Enforcement Tool for the USMCA

This is from Inside US Trade: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday suggested that Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 could be used to enforce provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, senators told Inside U.S. Trade. Following a meeting with the Senate Finance

Communication from Honduras on the Issue of Precedent

This is another very helpful communication from Honduras on the functioning of the Appellate Body: 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. In furtherance of the communication dated 23 July 2018 and reiterating the importance of the Dispute Settlement System within the broader WTO framework, Honduras would like to address the issue of

The Third ISDS Tobacco Carveout

The TPP ISDS tobacco carveout was the first, the Singapore - Australia FTA update was the second. Now we have a third example, carried by Singapore over to the Singapore - Kazakhstan BIT: CHAPTER III: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SECTION ONE: SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN A PARTY AND AN INVESTOR OF THE STATE OF

CJEU AG Opinion on CETA ICS

The CJEU AG opinion on the compatibility of CETA ICS with EU law -- that's a lot of acronyms, but I'm sure this blog's readers can follow! -- was released earlier this week (my vague sense from EU law experts is that it is not at

The 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian International Economic Law Network

The 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) will be held by the Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taipei from 26 to 27 October 2019. This Conference is themed as "International Trade Regime for the Data-Driven

Panels Composed in the Section 232/Retaliation Cases

For the nine panels established to hear the complaints against the Section 232 measures, the panels have all been composed with the same panelists, as follows: Elbio Rosselli (Uruguay) Esteban Conejos (Philippines) Rodrigo Valenzuela (Chile) For DSC subscribers, you can click the link to see which past cases each has

What Are Trade Rules on E-Commerce Supposed To Do?

Last week, over 70 countries announced that they will be moving forward with e-commerce talks at the WTO: We confirm our intention to commence WTO negotiations on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce. We will seek to achieve a high standard outcome that builds on existing WTO agreements and