Simon Lester

Bloomberg reports: Ukraine complained at the World Trade Organization over Australia’s decision to prohibit trademarks and logos on tobacco products, saying the ban violates global rules on intellectual property. Australia is the first country to require plain, identical cigarette packaging. As of Dec. 1, 2012, cigarettes there will have

From USTR: United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that the United States has prevailed in a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over claims by the European Union (EU) related to The Boeing Company. ... “This decision is a tremendous victory for American manufacturers and workers – and demonstrates the Obama

Via a Scott Lincicome tweet, I see all kinds of possibilities for trade conflict here: The world's biggest goose farm and foie gras factory will soon be established on the banks of Poyang Lake, in China's Jiangxi Province. The American investment company Creek Project is said

From an EU Council decision from last week: The new directive incorporates the current industry practice of not adding sugars to fruit juices. As from the date of application of the new rules (i.e. 18 months after their entry into force), the addition of sugars to fruit juices will

So now that the CVD-NME bill has passed the House and Senate, and presumably will become law soon, I have a question about CVDs and double counting in relation to market economies. As explained here, under the legislation, there is a procedure for how respondents can get AD duties reduced

From the Sydney Morning Herald: [TPP] talks have entered troubled waters over investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses. These typically give businesses from one country power to take international legal action against the government of another, over agreement breaches. The clauses are included in many multilateral and bilateral free-trade agreements. But

A couple weeks ago, Reuters had this to say about the proposed Interagency Trade Enforcement Center: Acting Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank said $24 million of the new funding would go to the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration (ITA) and the remaining $2 million to the U.S.

Via a Luke Peterson tweet, I see this from Reuters: The United States could soon suspend trade benefits for Argentina because of that country's failure to pay awards in two long-running investment disputes with U.S. companies, a U.S. trade official said on Monday. "We hope

Speaking of part-time jobs for grad students (and others), as I was in the last post, my friend Luke Peterson is also looking for someone: Freelance researchers/reporters wanted Investment Arbitration Reporter is looking for one or more individuals to join our small team of specialized journalists. Our contributors are

From the JIEL: Editorial Assistant Position with the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) Professor John H. Jackson, University Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center, is currently collecting recommendations or applications from persons who might wish to take on the position of Editorial Assistant to the Journal of International