Simon Lester

These Brexit questions are from Federico Ortino: 1) Assume 10 large WTO Members had formed an FTA in 1980, which provides 0 tariff for all industrial products traded within the FTA. Negotiations in the Uruguay round were done taking in to account such FTA. Say, a non-FTA WTO Member

As you can see from some of my recent posts, it's very difficult to get inside Donald Trump's head on trade. He says things, and it seems he can't possibly mean them because they are so outlandish, but maybe he does, and who knows

This is from an interview with Chuck Todd of NBC: CHUCK TODD: You bring that up, I want to get into the meat of the speech. And I was going to do this later, but you just brought up the plants. You said there would be consequences for any company

From the draft transcript of his speech tonight: I have a different vision for our workers. It begins with a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat. It’s been a signature message of my campaign from day one, and it will

From Politico: Brussels has signaled that it will radically overhaul its anti-dumping practices worldwide in an attempt to lessen the effect of China winning so-called market economy status later this year. ... European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström proposed an unexpectedly drastic compromise Wednesday. While Brussels will have to

Not that anyone should take party platforms all that seriously, but here's what the GOP platform says on trade: A Winning Trade Policy International trade is crucial for all sectors of America’s economy. Massive trade deficits are not. We envision a worldwide multilateral agreement among nations committed

From The Scientific Committee of the International Conference: The Scientific Committee of the international Conference 'UNESCO World Heritage Between Education and Economy - A Legal Analysis' is calling for paper proposals on the following topics: I) Cultural Heritage and its Meaning; II) Cultural Heritage & Investment Law; III) Cultural

A couple weeks ago, I blogged about the issue of when the UK can start negotiating its own trade agreements. There was some twitter discussion of this issue recently, which spilled over into several new comments on that blog post. I wanted to raise the issue again because I'

There has been a lot of hand-wringing about the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship as it relates to regulations. Here's an example: Sigurd Braathen worked for a lifetime to build his family’s industrial company into a profitable venture with sales across Europe. Then an environmental

From Inside US Trade: In advance of the negotiating round for a Trade In Services Agreement that kicked off today (July 8), the European Union proposed a text on dispute settlement that does not reflect the EU's previous demand for a dispute settlement system with an appeals process,