Simon Lester

The Seventh Annual BIICL WTO Conference is coming up on 22-23 May 2007, in London.  It's a great group of participants as always.  The topics are: 1. The GMOs Dispute 2. Compliance and Remedies: Articles 21.5 and 22 DSU 3. Dispute Settlement under FTAs and the WTO:

Robert Lawrence of the Kennedy School has a report out with CFR entitled "The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System."  From the press release, here are some of his main recommendations.  For the system: Lawrence proposes a series of realistic fixes to bring about a more

A few months ago, I did a post praising a paper by the WTO's Mireille Cossy, which was on "likeness" and non-discrimination under the GATS.  I stand by my statement that she "addressed some of the hard issues involved in an intelligent way."  However,

For those in Geneva (or those willing to make the trip), DG Trade posted the following on its web site in relation to public access to the DS316 Aircraft panel meeting: External Trade draws your attention to a public viewing of the panel hearing in the WTO dispute between the

Marc's previous post referred to the silence of international trade law on the currency manipulation issue.  Looks like some people are trying to change that, at least under domestic law.  According to a news report, two U.S. Senators, Debbie Stabenow and Jim Bunning, have "introduced legislation

Over at Opinio Juris, Julian Ku has some thoughts on recent and past efforts to incorporate labor rights into trade agreements.

At the risk of turning this into the "Asian Currency Blog," I came across the following piece by an AEI scholar: In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson earlier this month, four leading Democratic congressman urged action to pressure the Japanese to strengthen the value of the

The Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (ISUFI) - University of Lecce and the Phd Programme in International Law and Economics - Bocconi University, Milan have announced a Young Researchers Workshop on Science and Law on Scientific evidence in International and European Law.  It will be held 31st May – 1st June