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Simon Lester

The Candidates' Economists on Trade

Over at Eyes on Trade, Holly Shulman has a great post about a conference in which several of the Presidential candidates' economic advisers talked about their views on economic issues. She "loosely transcribed" what they said on trade. Here are some snippets (there is more at her

WTO Law & Practice Conference in Chicago

For those in Chicago, the Loyola University Chicago International Law Review will be hosting a conference on February 15 on: WTO Law and Practice: The State of the Discipline. Many of the folks on the left side of this page will be there, along with quite a few others. More

Where's the Beef?

Argentina is limiting its beef exports: Taming inflation was [former President Nestor] Kirchner's goal when he banned most [Argentine] beef exports last year. This year, exports were capped at 480,000 metric tons, down from nearly 700,000 tons in 2005. Kirchner's wife, the newly elected

Speaking of NAFTA ...

Speaking of NAFTA, as we were yesterday, the Acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says that it could be "unraveling," as the U.S. and Mexico want to attach a sugar "side agreement" to the new U.S. farm bill, limiting Mexican exports of sugar to

Was NAFTA a Mistake?

According to Barack Obama, in tonight's Presidential debate, it was: ... on trade, John [Edwards] is exactly right that you travel around South Carolina and you see the textile mills that John's father worked in closed, all over the region. And it is absolutely true that NAFTA

Are Location Subsidies Worth It?

Speaking of job losses from trade, as we were the other day, here's a story from Germany: Anti- Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing with politicians publicly ditching the firm's phones and joining calls for a national boycott in Europe 's

Trade in Everything: English Teachers

From the Korea Times: Foreign envoys whose countries adopt English as an official language criticize what they call Korea's discriminative visa regulations against foreign English teachers. Korea allows English teaching or E-2 visas to only native-English speakers from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New

Trade in Everything: Hockey and Hockey Players

From the Palm Beach Post: Globalization. With more than 35 percent of [National Hockey League] players from Europe, there's a keen interest in taking more games overseas and even establishing teams there. "Growing the revenues of the sport is a huge issue," Kelly said. "Should

Is the Word "Protectionism" Unfair?

A poll on Lou Dobbs' web site: Do you believe people who use words like "protectionism" are offering a false choice between "free" trade and no trade, to distract from the fact that they are shipping jobs out of this country? Yes 95% 8600 No

Senator Calls for Unilateral Tariff Lowering

No, it's not a headline from The Onion. It actually happened: Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday that rising demand for the corn-based fuel additive ethanol is contributing to a spike in milk prices and called for lifting the 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on ethanol imports. Schumer,