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Simon Lester

"French Industrial Patriotism"

Not very subtle: Embattled President Nicolas Sarkozy's industry minister, Christian Estrosi, said he's taking action next month because major companies are "not behaving very well" in the face of chronically high unemployment. "I will set up a new monitoring agency for French products

Careers in International Arbitration

International Law Section / International Dispute Resolution Committee And the American Society of International Law/ Dispute Resolution Interest Group Jointly Sponsor a Brown Bag Program Careers in International Arbitration for Young Lawyers? The International Dispute Resolution Committee of the DC Bar and the American Society of International Law jointly invite you

Presidential Discretion to Lower Tariffs

In the comments, Susan Aaronson asks: Can your readers please answer this question. Could the US President temporarily lower tariffs (to all countries) on his own without Congressional approval (under executive order). Perhaps he could justify it as a means of stimulating exports or to encourage development. I am not

More on the Indian Visa Fee Issue

I mentioned the other day a U.S. Senate bill that funded border security by taxing visa applications for skilled workers coming to the U.S. Well, now the bill has been signed into law, so maybe it's worth a little more detailed discussion. In my earlier post,

Scott Lincicome on Concurrent AD/CVD Cases and Double Counting

I was thinking of posting something on the recent U.S. Court of International Trade decision in the GPX case, which deals with the issue of concurrent AD/CVD cases related to non-market economies, and problems that arise with double counting the remedy. I couldn't quite face

Coming Soon: Treatment of Non-Market Economies under WTO AD Rules

Reuters reports on the interim report in DS397 (EC - AD Measures on Fasteners): In particular [the Panel] rejected the EU's approach to non-market economies, which effectively applies a single anti-dumping duty to the whole country rather than for individual firms, unless they can prove that they

Australia to Appeal the Apples Panel Report

That was quick: Australia will appeal a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that tough restrictions on the importation of New Zealand apples are unduly restrictive on trade. A decision by the WTO's panel of independent arbitrators recommended overnight "that the dispute settlement body request Australia to bring

Treatment of Workers Supplying Services Through Mode 4 Trade

Trade in services through mode 4 -- movement of natural persons -- can be complicated. It's not just about convincing countries to open up to trade. Once they have opened up, there are issues related to the treatment of workers. Sometimes the government of the exporting country takes these issues

Accepting an Amicus Brief at the WTO

More on the substance of the dispute later (possibly much later -- it's a long report), but here's something interesting from today's Australia - Apples panel report: 6. Unsolicited letter from an Australian private entity 1.17 On 26 August 2008, the Panel received an unsolicited

Law and Development Conference in Sydney

The Law and Development Institute is hosting its Inaugural Conference in Sydney, on October 16, 2010. Here's the program, which looks excellent. I can't seem to copy it into this post in nice formatting, so check it out at the link.