Simon Lester

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 2007 – ISUFI,

We've had a number of discussions on this blog about China's currency valuation and possible U.S. WTO complaints in this area.  For example, see here and here.  Now, via Dan Drezner, I see this piece by James K. Galbraith, which, in the context of discussing

Three new papers by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann have just been posted at SSRN, and all look quite interesting.  They are as follows: 1. Multi-Level Judicial Trade Governance without Justice? On the Role of Domestic Courts in the WTO Legal and Dispute Settlement System 2. Justice in International Economic Law?

Robert Reich proposes putting labor standards in trade agreements, which is nothing new, except for this part: Encourage developing nations to raise their labor standards as their economies grow. The easiest way to do this is to require that they set a minimum wage that's half their median

Dan Ikenson of the Cato Institute and Robert Lighthizer of Skadden debate the fairness of the WTO dispute settlement system at CFR's web site.  Some excerpts: Ikenson: ... under what other international arrangements can a tiny country like Antigua and Barbuda win condemnation—and, in all likelihood, compel reform—

This is likely to be my first and only post about NASCAR. Reading my local paper today (the Palm Beach Post), I was struck by an article entitled "Toyota facing chilly reception in some NASCAR circles."  Apparently, Toyota has now entered some cars (they are a version of

Upon the request of the author, I'm linking to an article entitled Food or Filth? The European Paradox.  I don't mean to take sides in the debate by linking to it.  I just figure that it will give those for and against GMOs (as well as