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Simon Lester

Food Law and Trade Issues

If you were going to start a program on food law and policy, where would you do it? There are a lot of good choices, but Italy would certainly be at or near the top of the list. Check out the following Summer Academy in Food Law & Policy, in

Rebuilding Global Trade - From ICTSD and GEG

A new publication from the ICTSD and the Global Economic Governance Programme at University College, Oxford (more here): Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the e-book:Rebuilding Global Trade: Proposals for a Fairer, More Sustainable FutureShort Essays on Trade and Global Economic GovernanceEdited by Carolyn

"Arbitrary" Trade Retaliation

From a letter by Rep. Peter DeFazio to President Obama related to the NAFTA trucks case: Mexico has made it clear that it chose products for retaliatory tariffs that would harm the districts or states of Members of Congress who led the charge to rid this program. For example, Oregon

The Purpose of SCM Agreement Countermeasures - A Do-Over

A little while ago, I did a post on the purpose of SCM Agreement countermeasures. I don't really like how the post came out, though. So, I'm going to take a do-over and try it again. The basic issue is whether "countermeasures" under

Trade and Climate Change Advice from Jim Bacchus

In Forbes. First, there's this: Those who assume that WTO rulings will be "anti-environment" have evidently not read previous rulings, or not realized their positive implications for global environmental protection. I think that's right. It is no longer a GATT Tuna/Dolphin world

Mattoo and Subramanian Propose a "Crisis Round"

From the WSJ: Our suggestion is to launch a Crisis Round of trade talks at the G-20 London summit meeting next month. This round would aim to hold the line on protectionism and prevent the deterioration of current levels of global trade openness. For this round to have timely

Trade in Everything: [See Below]

I didn't want to put the word "condom" in the post title because of all the undesirable search traffic (and resulting spam comments) it might bring in, but apparently USAID will be buying cheaper, foreign condoms: At a time when the federal government is spending billions

The Latest from the Grand River Case

I've been blogging a bit about NAFTA Chapter 11 non-discrimination standards (see here and here) by following the parties' submissions in the Grand River Enterprises case. The claimants' reply memorial is now available here. There's not too much for me to discuss in

Library of Congress Job: Research Manager-International Trade and Finance

This looks like it could be an interesting job for someone: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Research Manager for the International Trade and Finance Section within the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. CRS provides confidential, nonpartisan, and authoritative legislative research analysis and information service to the U.

Call for Papers: Sovereign Wealth Funds

From the The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL): The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) are pleased to invite applications to attend the NUS Law School-AsianSIL Conference on Sovereign Wealth Funds: Governance and Regulation.