Simon Lester

Some further thoughts on Paul Krugman's suggestion that "[a] countervailing duty on Chinese exports would be job-creating." First off, I don't think he had in mind countervailing duties imposed pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930.  I think he just meant "slap a

From Paul Krugman: One thing I’m hearing, now that all hope of useful fiscal policy is gone, is the idea that trade can be a driver of recovery — that stuff like the South Korea trade agreement can serve as a form of macro policy. Um, no. ... There is a

As everyone has probably heard by now, U.S. and Korean negotiators were able to work out a deal on an FTA.  Reuters reports: The United States and South Korea have reached a deal on auto issues that have blocked congressional approval of a free trade agreement for three years,

For those who were interested in Julia's post from last week, check out this EU argument in the EC - Fasteners case (the panel report was circulated on Friday): 7.86 ... the European Union maintains that in non-market economies, the State may be found to be the source

No doubt Antigua, the complainant in the U.S. - Gambling dispute, would still like to have (legal) access to the U.S. online gambling market.  Will they get it?  From the AP: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing behind the scenes for lame-duck legislation that would allow poker

It appears that a WTO panel can be too deferential in applying its standard of review under the SPS Agreement.  This is from Monday's Australia - Apples AB report: 356. In considering further the Panel's approach to analyzing whether New Zealand's proposed alternative measures

As mentioned the other day, Malorie Schaus (malorie.schaus [at] graduateinstitute.ch) and Tobiasz Kaczor (tobiasz.kaczor [at] gmail.com) of the Graduate Institute in Geneva attended the public viewing in the WTO Airbus hearing.  Their summary of the third participants' oral statements is here: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/