Simon Lester

From Cato's Dan Ikenson, writing in Forbes: The U.S.antidumping law still enjoys broad bipartisan support in Congress and within pockets of the executive branch. Although some of that support can be chalked up to politicians representing the narrow interests of influential constituencies that have mastered the

From the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand: The American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM) plans on conducting a  symposium in the latter part of 2011 on plurilateral and bilateral FTAs  generally and the challenges Thailand will likely face meeting its AFTA  obligations by 2015 specifically.  As part of

A finding by the EC - Fasteners panel (DS397), which may only be of much interest to you trade remedy lawyers (and legal assistants) out there, brings back long ago memories of preparing exhibits in anti-dumping investigations. AD Agreement Article 6.5.1 states: The authorities shall require interested parties

Fun with Google Books:  This is from "The protective system considered in connection with the present tariff," by someone named Edmund Burke (this one, I'm pretty sure, but certainly not that one), published in the mid-1800s: But have digressed from my purpose which was to

Here's a little more on the issue of Korean car regulation and standards for imported cars: The Korean government is expected to apply tougher standards on cars manufactured in Europe than those made in the US in terms of fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions. Trade Minister Kim

From Don Boudreaux: ... U.S. exports ... unloaded on foreign docks generate money income for American producers. But what’s the value to Americans of receiving this money?  Ultimately, that value is what this money can purchase abroad – the amount of goods, services, and assets that Americans are able to buy

Cato's Dan Ikenson, commenting on yesterday's WTO Tyres panel decision, points out that international trade law still allows a good deal of protectionism: Yesterday’s WTO decision was arguably a victory for the rule of law in international trade—but also a reminder that politicians write

On its face, today's panel report finding that U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires do not violate WTO rules could be seen as a victory for protectionism.  But looking at the larger picture, will allowing these tariffs help to promote free trade?  This is from the FT: The

This is from the the Panel's "preliminary observations" in today's U.S. - Tyres WTO panel report: 7.6 ... the investigation that led to the imposition of a safeguard measure in this case against the importation of tyres from China was initiated, unusually, as the