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Simon Lester

Simon Lester

Co-founder of WorldTradeLaw.net and China Trade Monitor. Non-resident fellow at the Baker Institute.

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The CAFC and Inconsistent Zeroing

Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in Dongbu Steel, saying, in essence, that the Department of Commerce can't take an inconsistent approach to zeroing -- no zeroing in investigations, but zeroing in administrative reviews -- without a good reason. Here

Trade in Everything: Public School Students

From the AP: Northern Maine is 7,000 miles and a world away from China, but that's not stopping a school superintendent from recruiting Chinese students to attend public high school in this remote mill town. Faced with declining enrollments and shrinking revenues, public school districts from Maine

Call for Papers on "The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration"

Call for Papers on "The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration": Gary Born will give the keynote address at a symposium entitled “Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration,” to be convened at the University of Missouri School of Law on October 21, 2011.

Trade Law Research Project

These two short-term research projects may be of interest to this blog's readers: Post: Legal researcher (2) Pay: £11,900 Work completed by: 16 September 2011 The Clean Trade project is based on the premise that the citizens of each country have the ultimate right to control

GATT Article XX and Domestic Production of Environmental Goods

From an article (subscription only) describing the Columbia panel discussion mentioned here: China could plead environmental necessity to win a dispute over its wind industry subsidies, a case now moving through the World Trade Organization, one legal expert suggests. Provisions under Chinese law mandating that nearly all wind power equipment

The Scope of the Trade Regime: Protectionism vs. Trade Barriers

Here's an issue I've always wondered about, but never discussed with others. I'm going to put it out there, to see if anyone has thoughts. I have this sense that there are two schools of thought about the scope of the international trade regime.

Panel Discussion in NY Today: Climate Change, China and the WTO

If you're in New York today, you may want to attend this: SUMA, Columbia Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School and Earth Institute co-sponsor: Climate Change, China and the WTO Wednesday, March 30, 2011, from

The WTO Boeing Subsidies Case: Decision Coming Tomorrow

From AFP: The World Trade Organisation is due Thursday to publish its verdict on decades of state support for US aircraft maker Boeing amid EU claims of a multi-billion dollar dent in sales for rival Airbus.

Pamela Anderson on Transparency in the WTO Seal Products Dispute

Here's the text of a letter from actress Pamela Anderson to Canada's trade minister: Dear Mr. Van Loan, In light of the WTO's decision to formally hear and settle Canada's case over the ban on seal products by E.U. member countries,

Multiple Permissible Interpretations under the Vienna Convention?

From the U.S. - Orange Juice (Brazil) panel report (DS382) circulated last Friday: 7.129 It is well established that the purpose of treaty interpretation through the use of the Vienna Convention is the identification of the common intention of the parties. It follows that where the common intention of