Simon Lester

It has only been a few hours since the election results came in, so at this point I have lots of questions but few answers as to what the incoming Trump administration will do on trade policy. Here are a few of the questions. Personnel Who will Trump put in

Centre for International Trade and Business Laws, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in collaboration with World Trade Institute, University of Bern and Centre for Trade and Investment Law (IIFT) and The WTO Chairs Programme in India is organising International Conference on “Navigating the Future: Industrial Policy and Global Competitiveness” on

In a recent piece, Dani Rodrik argues that current global trading rules interfere too much with domestic regulation and that "the world economy desperately needs a clear normative framework to determine the rules of the road." In this regard, he distinguishes between two options: (1) "policies with

In April 2023, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave a speech at Brookings on the Biden Administration's international economic agenda, and I had some comments in response. Yesterday, Sullivan returned to Brookings to, as the event page describes it, "reflect on the progress and challenges

This is a guest post from David A. Gantz, JD, JSM, Will Clayton Fellow for Trade and International Economics, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public policy, Houston and Michelle Michot Foss, PhD, Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials, Baker Institute Introduction: The Proposed Regulations On Monday, September 23, The

This is a guest post by Werner Zdouc. The piece will be published in a forthcoming issue of the World Trade Review. A universalist, shaping destinies, staying true to himself Werner Zdouc Frieder Rössler was a principled pragmatist, who throughout his career never compromised on his high intellectual and ethical