Simon Lester

Recall that the original Article 23.9 of the new NAFTA said this: Article 23.9 Sex-Based Discrimination in the Workplace The Parties recognize the goal of eliminating sex-based discrimination in employment and occupation, and support the goal of promoting equality of women in the workplace. Accordingly, each

The new NAFTA -- AKA, the USMCA here in the U.S., but different acronyms in Canada and Mexico -- has now been signed. With apologies to the hard-working negotiators, that was the easy part. Now the Trump administration has to get Congress to sign off. Ambassador Lighthizer sounds confident: “I

This is a guest post from law professor David Trubek: With a meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi at the G-20 in Buenos Aires about to occur, many hope for a truce in the trade war and a deal that will benefit both countries. But that will not happen

This is a guest post from Szilárd Gáspár Szilágyi, Postdoctoral Fellow, PluriCourts, University of Oslo On 29 March 2019, 11 pm, the UK will officially leave the European Union, unless by some miracle it decides to withdraw its notification to exit the Union. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the outcome of

This is more from Anthea Roberts, Henrique Choer Moraes, Victor Ferguson on geoeconomics at the Lawfare blog: There has been much consternation (particularly in the United States) about China’s use of geoeconomic strategies, meaning the “use of economic instruments to promote and defend national interests, and to produce beneficial

This is from the latest WTO monitoring report on G20 trade measures: Regarding trade remedy actions, it has been highlighted in discussions among G20 economies, as well as more broadly in the WTO, that some of these measures are taken to address what is perceived by some as a market

In its statement at the November 21 DSB meeting, the U.S. responds as follows to China's argument that it should be able to "include persons other than government officials" in consultations under the DSU: 24. RIGHT OF A MEMBER TO DECIDE THE COMPOSITION OF ITS

This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi (Dean and Professor of Law, University of Sharjah) International trade constitutes a vital lynchpin of the global governance architecture with a staggering $20 Trillion of annual trade. The global trade order consists of trade policies and systems – in particular free trade

Here is the opening of a new blog post from Anthea Roberts, Henrique Choer Moraes, and Victor Ferguson over on Lawfare: We appear to be entering into a new geoeconomic world order, characterized by great power rivalry between the United States and China and the clear use of economic tools

Last week's Thailand - Cigarettes (Philippines), Article 21.5 panel report considered the issue of whether GATT Article XX can provide a defense to claims under the Customs Valuation Agreement: 7.732. Thailand argues that, insofar as the Charges are inconsistent with the provisions of the CVA, such inconsistency