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Simon Lester

From Dubai Ports to Dubai Stocks

One of the earliest topics on this blog was the Dubai Ports controversy (see here, here and here). Now another Dubai company's purchase of U.S. assets is in the news: "Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. struck a complex deal to sell a 20 percent stake to the

New WTO Docs

For those who are interested, here is China's WTO consultations request related to U.S. AD/CVDs on coated paper: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/cr/ds368-1(cr).pdf Also of interest is Korea's notification of an other appeal in the Japan - DRAMS CVDs case. A

More Appellate Body Nominations

Over at the International Law Reporter blog, Jacob Katz Cogan reports that: China also submitted two nominations: Zhang Yuejiao (a law professor and former government official who was also nominated for an earlier opening) and Zhang Yuqing (an attorney and former government official). Japan has nominated Shotaro Oshima, its former

More from the BusinessWeek Gambling Debate

Yesterday I mentioned the BusinessWeek debate on how the U.S. should respond to the WTO Gambling decision. The user comments on the debate continue, and I found one aspect somewhat interesting. One of the comments came from a "G Clark," who I think was one of the

The "Wrath" of the WTO

It sounds like a Star Trek movie, but it's actually from a BusinessWeek debate sub-titled "The U.S. should heed the wrath of the World Trade Organization by making betting games legal on the Web. Pro or con?" For the "pro" side was Martin

Appellate Body Nominations

In a previous post, I mentioned that the following AB members will be stepping down soon: * Merit Janow, United States (December 10, 2007) * Yasuhei Taniguchi, Japan (December 10, 2007) * Georges Abi-Saab, Egypt (May 31, 2008) * A.V. Ganesan, India (May 31, 2008) The WTO now reports the following about nominations

Agricultural Subsidies and Dumping

When there are accusations of "dumping" in foreign markets as a result of agricultural subsidies, it is usually the U.S. and EU and other rich countries that are accused of wrongdoing. So I thought it was interesting to see that India was being accused of the same

A New IEL Journal

There's a new IEL journal starting up: The Indian Journal of International Economic Law. It's part of the National Law School of India. Here is its call for papers: Indian Journal of International Economic Law invites submission of articles and case-notes dealing with current topics in

The Appellate Body Finally Gets Some Work

It has been a slow year for the Appellate Body. Up until last week, there had been just two notices of appeal filed, and those were back in January and February. But now they finally have something to do, as two appeals were filed in the past week. First came

Trade Law Goes Hollywood

This should bring some glitz to the trade law field (maybe Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will testify): A group representing Hollywood below-the-line workers is planning to file a complaint today with the U.S. government, alleging that Canadian film and TV subsidies are unfairly attracting U.S. shoots northward.