Zeroing: Beyond Dumping?
I thought I'd mention quickly that I might be less active on this blog in the coming days than people have come to expect from me. It's not that I've lost interest, it's that I got picked for a jury. (For the
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Monetary Policy and Subsidized Government Loans
It is pretty well accepted, I think, that government loans provide a "benefit" (one component of a subsidy) when they are made at "below market" interest rates. However, given the role of governments in setting interest rates, through the monetary policy implemented by central banks, are
Location Incentives for Film-Making
Reader Pietro Poretti points me to this article indicating that subsidies and other incentives for movie production are alive and well:
The Hobbit will be made in New Zealand, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
He said at a press conference this evening that new labour laws would be introduced
Brazil's Proposal on Currency Undervaluation Issues
From Reuters:
Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega will propose at the Group of 20 nations meeting next month that the International Monetary Fund create an index measuring currency manipulation, local media reported on Thursday.
The idea is to identify who is keeping their currency artificially low to boost
Trade in Everything: Lethal Injection Drugs
From the AP:
Facing a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, Arizona has taken an unusual step that other death penalty states may soon follow: get their supplies from another country.
Such a move, experts say, raises questions about the effectiveness of the drug. But it also may further
A Non Liquet Example
A little while ago, I posted about Claude Barfield's suggestion on using "non liquet" in WTO dispute settlement:
where the texts are unclear or contradictory, panels and the AB should be allowed or even instructed to adopt the non liquet doctrine—or in effect, “it is
The Ukraine-Armenia Cigarettes and Alcohol Dispute
I had been trying to do some posts on the Ukraine-Armenia WTO dispute over taxes and duties on cigarettes and alcohol (DS411), because I figured it would not get reported on much in the mainstream media. But perhaps I better stop trying to do this kind of reporting, given
The EU Tries to Co-opt Some Americans on GIs
From Reuters:
A gourmet coffee from the island of Hawaii won an European prize for top quality foods on Saturday as part of Europe's efforts to bolster the global use of prestigious place names like Champagne, Parma or Roquefort.
The European Union is in a long-running dispute
International Law as "Conceptual Guidance"
As most of this blog's readers are aware, there is an ongoing debate about the role of international law in WTO dispute settlement. Perhaps adding to that discussion, this is from yesterday's WTO panel report in
U.S. - AD/CVD on Products from China
(DS379):
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Concurrent AD/CVD in the WTO Panel on U.S. - AD/CVD on Products from China
In November of last year, I said this about the issue of concurrent anti-dumping/countervailing duties:
GATT Article VI:5 provides: "No product of the territory of any Member imported into the territory of any other Member shall be subject to both anti-dumping and countervailing duties to