Simon Lester

This is the kind of job that doesn't open up very often, so if you are at all interested, take advantage of the opportunity: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement Manages and coordinates USTR legal and interagency legal resources in connection with U.S. representation

From the FT: Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, is preparing to ditch contentious plans to fast-track approval of a trade deal with Canada, in an eleventh-hour political retreat that followed staunch criticism from some European capitals. To the dismay of Germany and France, Mr Juncker had tried to speed

In the TTIP negotiations, some critics have gotten worked up about the potential impact on Britain's NHS (“We know that TTIP poses a real and serious threat to the NHS. The only way to neutralise that threat is for David Cameron to give a cast iron guarantee that

Here is Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson on CNN yesterday, talking with Brianna Keilar: KEILAR: He -- Donald Trump gave a major speech this week on international trade. He issued a challenge to Hillary Clinton. This is what he said. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TRUMP: Ask Hillary if she is

This is from Reuters: The European Commission will propose next week a simple approval procedure for a planned EU-Canada trade deal in a bid to speed up the adoption of an agreement seen as a controversial in many EU capitals. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told EU leaders meeting on Tuesday

The WTO panels in the plain packaging case have delayed the reports again. This is from the panel communication in the DS435 case: The Panel wishes to advise that it now expects to issue its final report to the parties not before the end of 2016, in light of the

Following up on the last post, this is from a recent report by Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, seeking to have the Canadian Supreme Court clarify the free trade provisions of the Canadian Constitution: A. Overview While the committee would prefer a renewed and

Last month, a Canadian lower court ruled that the Canadian constitution does, in fact, guarantee free trade among the provinces. Here are the basic facts of the case, from the Toronto Globe and Mail: In 2013, Gérard Comeau was caught in what is likely the lamest sting operation in Canadian

As always, when there are big, disruptive policy changes, lawyers are some of the biggest winners. In the case of Brexit, it looks like some of my trade lawyer friends will be among them: The ripple effect of last week’s Brexit vote continues to be felt in Washington, where

Donald Trump just gave a speech on trade policy. It's full of nonsense, but honestly, it's not much different than you would hear from other politicians (many Democrats and some Republicans). Here are his recommendations for change: There is no way to “fix” the TPP. We