Simon Lester

This is from the NY Times: Diplomats from around the world converged here this week with the plan to put details on last year’s Paris climate accord and move the globe closer to controlling the industrial emissions that are heating the planet. Instead, with the election of Donald J.

This is from a letter from trade critic Senator Sherrod Brown to President-elect Donald Trump, offering advice on general trade policy and specific thoughts on a NAFTA renegotiation: ... American manufacturers have been harmed by provisions that allow antidumping and countervailing duty determinations to be reviewed. Presumably this refers to NAFTA

This is from my friend Luke Peterson of Investment Arbitration Reporter: Freelance analyst wanted Investment Arbitration Reporter is looking for one or more persons to join our team of freelance contributors. Since 2008, our publication has offered specialized reporting on developments in the field of international investment law. We read

From China: US president-elect Donald Trump would be a “naive” fool to launch an all-out trade war against China, a Communist party-controlled newspaper has claimed. During the acrimonious race for the White House Trump repeatedly lashed out at China, vowing to punish Beijing with “defensive” 45% tariffs on Chinese imports

This is from David Kleimann and Gesa Kübek, who attended the CJEU hearing on the EU-Singapore FTA, the case which will address issues of EU competence over trade and investment policy: In the wake of the CETA-crisis, some commentators were quick to advocate for ‘EU-only’ treatymaking as the appropriate alternative

This is the abstract of a paper by Marina Foltea and Anna Markitanova: The regulation of e-cigarettes is a relatively new topic and the optimal regulation of these products is not yet fully understood. Evaluations are underway on many aspects linked to these products, for example: their safety, potential health

This is from Professor Katia Fach Gomez: EU Policy on International Investments: Uncertainties, Challenges and Opportunities We are pleased to announce the holding of the “EU Policy on International Investments: Uncertainties, Challenges and Opportunities” international conference on the 20th and 21st March 2017 at the  University of Zaragoza Law School.

There has been lots of talk by Trump and his advisers about renegotiating NAFTA, or if that doesn't work withdrawing from it.  With TPP, by contrast, they mostly just talk about abandoning it. In terms of the substance of NAFTA, they seem to be focused on issues such

This is from Inside US Trade: Dan DiMicco, former chief executive of steel producer Nucor and senior trade adviser for President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, will lead the Trump administration's transition efforts for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to a document obtained by

The next four years are going to be rough. Trade is one of many areas where Donald Trump has said some things that are far out of the mainstream. Some of his statements just carry on current policy ("I am going to instruct the U.S. Trade Representative to