Simon Lester

Two sentences, from a press release by two U.S. Senators related to a possible US-EU FTA, that are somewhat in conflict: First this: As the U.S. and EU are the two most innovative economies in the world, any successful agreement between us must promote the highest standards of

We have posted an amicus submission in the Seal Products case, authored by Rob Howse, Joanna Langille, and Katie Sykes: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/amicus/howsesealsamicus.pdf Rob also tells me that he will be blogging about the panel hearings, which are coming up next week.  I'm looking

... is here: /content/files/sites/default/files/US-3dPtySub-fin__0.pdf They don't really take a stance on many of the issues related to who should win or lose the case.  The focus is on the intricacies of Article XX(a).

It's free, online and up-to-date.  See it here: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/analytic_index_e/analytic_index_e.htm

Paul Krugman has a post in which he proclaims "The Death of Protectionism."  He refers to this chart from the ITC: And he says: In doing course prep for trade policy, I looked, as I always do, at the latest edition of the USITC publication on the economic

With King & Spalding: International Trade # of Positions: 2 | Years of Experience: 2-5 and 6-8 Type of Experience: King & Spalding seeks one junior to mid-level associate and one senior associate for its WTO and International Trade practice in Geneva. Qualified candidates will have experience in WTO litigation, trade negotiations

From a speech by WTO DG Pascal Lamy: Agreement is still lacking on the balance of contributions and benefits between the US, the EU, Japan and the like on the one side, and India, China, Brazil and the like on the other side. Advanced economies argue that emerging economies have

From a paper by some economists, titled "The Case Against Patents": Current international trade negotiations that affect patents often occur as part of either the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which was signed in 1995 as part of the World Trade Organization negotiations, or

Here's something that the many academics reading this blog may be interested in.  I've mentioned MOOCs (massive open online courses) briefly a couple times.  Now I've written something more detailed:  A Cato paper called Liberalizing Cross-Border Trade in Higher Education: The Coming Revolution of

From an op-ed in the Santiago Times: ... the insistence on achieving so-called “deep integration,” primarily of interest to U.S. negotiators, is undermining negotiations and obscuring what should be the ultimate goal of the TPP process: easier movement of goods and services across the Pacific. ... ... despite clear and at times