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Simon Lester

The Portman/Cardin Russia (and Others) NTR Withdrawal Trade Bill

Following up on Senator Portman's speech discussed here, Senators Portman and Cardin have introduced bipartisan legislation "to revoke free trade privileges from Russia and other countries that invade sovereign nations." They explain that "[t]he No Trading with Invaders Act would automatically revoke Permanent Normal

Senator Rob Portman on Russia and the WTO

This is from a speech by Senator (and former U.S. Trade Rep.) Rob Portman: I believe we should also target Russia's trade sector by revoking our Permanent Normal Trade Relationship, or PNTR, with Russia. In other words, the United States should no longer give Russia unrestricted access

Guest Post: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Global Trade: It’s More Than Just Oil and Natural Gas

This is a guest post from Chaturbhuj (a law student at National Law University, Jodhpur, India) and Hridyanand Ojha (a law student at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India) Introduction The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered Europe’s largest land conflict since 1945. This conflict presents a severe

Guest Post: Make Russia a Trade Pariah: Deny it Normal Trade Relations

This is a guest post from GW professor Susan Ariel Aaronson Policymakers around the world are searching for ways to punish Russian leaders for their aggression in Ukraine. Generally, they have relied on economic and financial sanctions, but sanctions are an imperfect tool. While sanctions can be effective at punishing

Congressmen Blumenauer and Doggett Introduce Legislation To "End 'Favored Nation' Trade Relations with Russia, Bar Russia From WTO"

U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Lloyd Doggett are introducing legislation to "end Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with the Russian Federation and to initiate a process to formally deny Russia access to the World Trade Organization (WTO), following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine." The legislation is here.

Call for Papers from PEPA/SIEL

This is from PEPA/SIEL: We are pleased to announce that the 2022 PEPA/SIEL Conference will be held at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham in hybrid form on 8-10 June 2022. SIEL’s Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network (PEPA/SIEL) is interested in fostering collaboration and mentoring

Non-Discrimination under Section 301: Canadian Digital Services Taxes

This is from a USTR submission to the Canadian government on a proposed Canadian digital services tax: Thank you to the Government of Canada for this opportunity to comment. The United States has serious concerns about the Canadian Government’s plan to enact a Digital Services Tax (DST). The Canadian

Guest Post: Does EU’s Anti-coercion Instrument violate Art. 23 of the DSU?

This is a guest post from Dr. iur. Cornelia Furculita, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Chair of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer Under its Trade Policy Review of 2021, the EU engaged to strengthen its toolbox to protect itself from unfair

What's Going on With the Delays in Circulating Panel Reports in Two U.S. WTO Disputes?

There are two WTO disputes involving the United States (one offensive, one defensive) where the parties have been requesting the postponement of the public circulation or the issuance of the panel report for quite a while now. For one of them the final report has definitely been issued to the

2021-2022 SIEL/JIEL/OUP Essay Prize

This is from the SIEL/JIEL/OUP: "The deadline for entering the 2021-2022 SIEL/JIEL/OUP Essay Prize competition is fast approaching, and authors meeting the stated conditions are warmly encouraged to send their submission by 28 FEBRUARY 2022." Further details here: https://academic.oup.com/jiel/pages/