Simon Lester

From The Globe and Mail: Russia and two of its neighbours have informed the World Trade Organization that they are banning the import and export of harp seal pelts – a move that animal-rights activists are celebrating as the death knell of Canada’s commercial seal industry. Russia has been the

In addition to explaining the history of the case and the issue in general, Scott comments on the impact of yesterday's GPX decision: So what happens to all of these CVD orders and investigations?  Well, it seems somewhat likely that Commerce and/or the domestic industry will appeal

From the GPX opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, released today: In this consolidated countervailing duty case, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“Trade Court”) ordered the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) not to impose countervailing duties on goods from China, a

From a statement (Word doc) by Antigua at the Ministerial Conference plenary session: The question of dispute settlement brings me to an issue that, along with the case of cotton, highlights inappropriate dispute settlement results at the WTO that have the potential to undermine the credibility of the organization. Antigua

From WTO DG Pascal Lamy's opening statement at the Ministerial Conference: ... We also need to look at the real drivers of today’s and tomorrow’s world trade, at today’s and tomorrow’s obstacles to trade, at today’s and tomorrow’s trade patterns, at how to

From a statement (Word doc) by Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela at the WTO Ministerial: 5.    Trade is a tool and not an end in itself.  The Preamble to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, which lays down the general objectives of the multilateral trading system, confirms

is here: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/cr/ds316-19(cr).pdf Here's the key part: On 1 December 2011, the EU transmitted a document ("EU Notification") to the United States purporting to explain how the EU has complied with the recommendations and rulings of the DSB.  The

From Bloomberg: China announced plans to impose anti-dumping duties on some vehicles imported from the U.S. after failing to block a U.S. tariff on Chinese tires. Punitive duties will be as high as 12.9 percent for autos from General Motors Co. and 8.8 percent for Chrysler

Two WTO complaints against Chinese AD/CVD measures seem to be going forward, as both the U.S. and EU have filed panel requests: (DS425) China - Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties on X-Ray Security Inspection Equipment from the European Union (DS427) China - Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Broiler Products

The Economist reports that two libertarian groups are looking to develop libertarian cities in Honduras: ... In addition to a big special development region, the Honduran government intends to approve two smaller zones. And two libertarian-leaning start-ups have already signed a preliminary memorandum of understanding with the Honduran government to develop