Simon Lester

Senator Debbie Stabenow sent the following letter to President Obama: President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20502 Dear President Obama, When we put together the CARS Program (more commonly known as “Cash for Clunkers”), we followed international law and made it apply to all

China's complaint is here.  There's a challenge to the statute itself, as well as its application in the case at hand. It's difficult to imagine that this one will get settled, so in all likelihood this is just step 1 on the way to

USTR Kirk had the following to say about the tires decisions: A spat over US tariffs on Chinese tires need not trigger a trade war between Washington and Beijing, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Wednesday. "I don't believe it should or need spark any trade war,

For those wondering about the likelihood of future Section 421 (China specific safeguard) determinations, here's an interesting tidbit about the cost of filing such complaints, from The Hill: The cost of preparing, filing and arguing the complaint the United Steelworkers union filed against China is relatively inexpensive, according

Taking a break from our 24/7 China tires safeguard coverage, there's a new EU law blog that just started up called Adjudicating Europe: http://adjudicatingeurope.eu/  Here's how they introduce themselves: EU Law has come of age. Periodicals, text-books, conferences, professorships, institutes, research groups, associations,

Chad Bown writes with some more useful background on the China specific safeguard: For context on previous usage, you might point your readers to the (now misnamed!) Global Antidumping Database's on-line compiled data on all of the instances in which WTO members have notified use of the China-safeguard:

From an Obama speech today: A healthy economy in the 21st century also depends on our ability to buy and sell goods in markets across the globe.  And make no mistake, this administration is committed to pursuing expanded trade and new trade agreements.  It is absolutely essential to our economic

For those of you looking for background on the China specific safeguard, check out the following:-- The China Accession Protocol, at Section 16, "Transitional Product-Specific Safeguard Mechanism", for the full text. -- The following articles, which I have not read but look like they would be useful

Since the Obama administration decided to impose safeguard tariffs on Chinese tires, China has announced two things: 1. WTO consultations: China has requested WTO-sanctioned consultations with the United States over Washington's new duties on Chinese-made tires, a spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said. 2. AD/CVD