Simon Lester

Here is the entirety of the WTO Seal Products panel's GATT Article III:4 analysis: 7.4.3.2 Analysis by the Panel 7.604. Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 provides that: The products of the territory of any Member imported into the territory of any

The Peter Van den Bossche/Werner Zdouc WTO law textbook says this: A requirement that imported furniture is fire-resistant, while no such requirement exists for domestically produced furniture, would constitute a violation of the national treatment obligation set out in Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement. That's

Some recent news headlines about the tea party and trade: "Hill tea party’s next target: Barack Obama’s trade agenda" "Tea Party Joins Liberals in Push Against Fast-Tracked Trade" An excerpt: Tea party Republicans insist they’re in favor of free trade. They just don’

Thanks to WikiLeaks:  http://wikileaks.org/tpp/  (Also thanks to whoever gave it to WikiLeaks.) So what's in it?  Way too much to discuss quickly, especially since I just returned last night from a conference over in Prague.  But any of you IP experts out there should feel

Marc mentioned it on this blog the other day.  The consultations request is here.  Some key parts: - The Facts 6. The Atlanto Scandian herring is shared between the respective exclusive zones of five coastal States, namely the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, and, to some extent, the

The exchanges in the comments on this recent post on national treatment in investment law got me thinking about a more general national treatment point. It's easy to get bogged down in the technicalities of the national treatment obligation, so, if I may, I'd like to

This is from Canada's "technical summary" of CETA: * Limited GI rights provided to EU on: Asiago, feta, fontina, Gorgonzola and Munster * won’t affect ability of current users of these names in Canada to continue use * future users will be able to use the names only

Back in May, I mentioned some comments by economist Amar Breckenridge on the FIT/Renewable Energy WTO panel report.  Along with a colleague, he has a new piece on the AB report.  Here's an excerpt related to the AB's discussion of market definitions and the existence

If you are wondering what's going on with the Cloves, Tuna, and COOL WTO disputes, Jamie Strawbridge has an ASIL Insight with some details on the implementation status of each.  From the conclusion: If the WTO upholds U.S. compliance steps in some or all of these cases,

From the Canadian government's "Technical Summary" of CETA: Investment protection rules * Strong rules that take into consideration lessons learned from past FTAs and foreign investment promotion and protection agreements * Commitments to treat investors from Canada and the EU fairly and equitably and in non-discriminatory manner * Provisions