Simon Lester

In its first decision, U.S. - Gasoline, the Appellate Body famously (relatively speaking) said: One problem with the [panel's] reasoning ... is that the Panel asked itself whether the "less favourable treatment" of imported gasoline was "primarily aimed at" the conservation of natural resources, rather

In a submission from June 1, the U.S. made its case in the Negotiating Group on Rules for amending WTO rules to allow "zeroing": ... the Appellate Body reports are contrary to what many have long understood to be consistent with the text of the AD Agreement.  The

In a comment on one of Sungjoon's recent posts, I said the following in response to an earlier comment: ... while a WTO agreement on currencies would be difficult, I think some rules could be worked out on what constitutes "manipulation" or "misalignment." As to

For those who want to know what's in the new China currency bill but don't want to read the bill itself, Dan Ikenson of the Cato Institute has some analysis and commentary.  His view of the bill:  "Despite some harsh provisions, it could have been

We are starting a new blog related to this one.  It will be similar in substantive scope, although much different in nature.  The idea is to make it more of a news-reporting blog, with law (and other) students doing the posting.  We have it going now in "beta&

Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced the Border Tax Equity Act: A bipartisan quartet of Congressmen today introduced legislation that would levy a border tax on imported goods unless the U.S. Trade Representative negotiates with other countries to end their border taxes on U.

Under the SCM Agreement, there is no need to demonstrate "adverse effects" for subsidies in the prohibited category and there are shorter than normal time-frames for compliance where these subsidies have been found in violation.  As a result, complaints under the prohibited category are much more attractive