Simon Lester

The WTO web site now has clean PDFs of the original GATT Analytical Index: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/gatt_ai_e/gatt_ai_e.htm Thanks to Amy Porges for the tip, and lots of hard work preparing the files!

Article : Epistemic Contests and Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil – USA Cotton Dispute and Incremental Balancing of Global Interests, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 200 (2012) [available here] Author : Arthur Daemmrich Comment by Joost Pauwelyn This paper is ultimately about legitimacy.  The core argument is that the

Article : Epistemic Contests and Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil – USA Cotton Dispute and Incremental Balancing of Global Interests, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 200 (2012) [available here] Author : Arthur Daemmrich Reviewer : Joost Pauwelyn Introduction to the article, by Simon Lester There is a long-standing debate involving

Is this a measure that can be challenged in WTO dispute settlement: [French] Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg donned France's emblematic striped Breton sweater for a magazine cover published last week to urge local consumers to favour French products ... How about this: Montebourg ... wants supermarkets in France to set

I haven't said much about trade and the U.S. Presidential election this year.  To be honest, I had thought President Obama would be re-elected pretty easily, so it didn't seem worth the effort to discuss the differences between an Obama and a Romney presidency.  But

Here's an excerpt from a paper by Daniel Brou and Michele Ruta, entitled "A Commitment Theory of Subsidy Agreements": What is the role of subsidy agreements within international trade treaties? Why do governments value such agreements? And what is the appropriate treatment of subsidies in the

Article : The Development of Standards of Appellate Review for Factual, Legal and Law Application Questions in WTO Dispute Settlement, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 125 (2012) [available here] Reply By Simon Lester Let me start by saying thanks to the TLD editors who proposed doing this symposium.  It was

Article: The Development of Standards of Appellate Review for Factual, Legal and Law Application Questions in WTO Dispute Settlement, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 125 (2012) [available here] Author: Simon Lester Comment by Matthias Oesch The quest for appropriate standards of appellate review has gained a prominent place in

Article: The Development of Standards of Appellate Review for Factual, Legal and Law Application Questions in WTO Dispute Settlement, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 125 (2012) [available here] Author: Simon Lester Reviewer: Matthias Oesch Introduction to the article, by Shashank P. Kumar Of all the moderators in this online

Article: Going Beyond Stereotypes: Participation of Developing Countries in WTO Dispute Settlement, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 45 (2012) [available here] Authors' Reply (Jan Bohanes & Fernanda Garza) We sincerely thank Prof. Gao for both his positive and critical comments. As one of the leading Chinese international trade