Simon Lester

Over at the European Law Blog, Jess Lawrence provides a good summary of a recent ECJ case: Last week’s Xinanchem judgment, however, is a significant step along the path toward normalized trade relations between China and the EU. In this case, which Advocate General Kokott called “of fundamental importance

I did a post on this on the Cato blog here.  Here's an IELP version.  (You can see the difference in tone with what I say on this blog!) We now have the technical details of the Olympic uniform controversy, as the proposed Senate legislation is available.   Some

I'm reposting this because the submission deadline is coming up.  From the ASIL/IEcLIG: 2012 Biennial Interest Group Conference: Re-Conceptualizing International Economic Law: Bridging the Public/Private Divide George Washington University Law School Washington D.C., USA November 29-December 1, 2012 I.         Conference Theme The ASIL International Economic

We are looking for a full-time research assistant at Cato's trade policy center.  Here are the details: The Cato Institute seeks a research assistant to support the efforts of its  trade scholars, who focus on educating the public about the benefits of free  trade and the costs of

From a speech by WTO DG Pascal Lamy: Growing  interdependence among nations, as well as growing consumer awareness, have  certainly focused greater attention on NTMs [non-tariff measures]. As the use of NTMs increases, the  potential for friction is likely to increase. A number of high-profile disputes  have already arisen around

The trend continues, this time under the GATS.  This is from yesterday's China - Electronic Payment Services panel report: 7.702 In the light of the above, we consider that a likeness determination should be based on arguments and evidence that pertain to the competitive relationship of the

The Trade, Law, and Development journal has a special issue on WTO dispute settlement. I have a piece in it on the development of standards of appellate review, focusing a bit on appeals of factual issues and issues related to the application of the law to the facts. As I

Via Kevin Heller, here is the opinion of James Crawford on a possible EU ban on trade with the West Bank settlements as it relates to WTO issues: 133. For the sake of completeness, it might also be mentioned that in extending a ban on settlement trade, the EC would

A quote from NZ trade minister Tim Groser: "Of course trade agreements involve concessions over the sovereign rights of countries to do things," he told the Weekend Herald. " That's the point of international law." New Zealand's problem had been the "excess

From law prof Jarrod Wong: The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) will be holding its Second Annual Winter Forum at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Florida on January 24-25, 2013. The first half of the Winter Forum will showcase two works-in-progress selected pursuant to a Call-for-Papers, encompassing presentations by authors,