Simon Lester

The Economist has two articles this week on the America's Climate Security Act (ACSA), a bill in the U.S. Senate.  They are generally in favor of its goals (reduction of greenhouses gases through a cap-and-trade scheme), but have a concern about one aspect of it.

Creating the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade:What the Founders Intended, What They Got, and What It Means TodayThursday, November 29, 2007, 9:00–11:00 a.m.Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036International trade scholars Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College

The zeroing litigation seems to be winding down (albeit very slowly), but the zeroing negotiations may be heating up.  From Reuters: Congress is likely to reject a world trade agreement unless it restores eroded U.S. ability to impose duties on unfairly traded imports, a pair of senior Democratic lawmakers

I posted a while back on the treatment of different tax systems (direct vs. indirect systems) under trade rules.  Here's an FT op-ed that makes the case that the current system is unfair to U.S. producers.  The authors argue as follows: In 2005, 137 nations accounting

It is being reported that the EC - Salmon WTO panel report, which deals with an anti-dumping determination, will be circulated this Friday. According to Norway, the final report "is the same as the interim decision in August, which Norway considered a victory." According to the EC, "

I wanted to mention two WTO-specific blogs that might be of interest to readers of this blog: * WTO and China, by Henry Gao, a contributor and frequent commenter on this blog. * India in the WTO, by Seema Sapra, a frequent commenter on this blog. Check them out when you