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Simon Lester

ITC Institutes Investigation on Distributional Effects of Goods and Services Trade and Trade Policy

Back in mid-October, USTR asked the ITC to carry out a two-part investigation of the distributional effects of goods and services trade and trade policy. The ITC just announced that it would undertake this investigation. The Notice of Investigation is here. There has been a lot of good economic literature

Solar Safeguards and Compensation

In keeping an eye on trade disputes in the pipeline, I was recently looking over the USMCA Chapter 31 complaint brought by Canada against the U.S. solar safeguard measures. I haven't read the submissions closely enough to have a view on who is right and who is

Webinar on the Appellate Body Crisis

Srikar Mysore Sridhar has organized a webinar on the Appellate Body crisis at Harvard's Kennedy School tomorrow (November 19, 2021 at 10 am EST (4 pm Geneva Time, 8.30 pm IST)). Cherise Valles will be moderating, and Peter Van Den Bossche, Joost Pauwelyn and I will be

Call for Papers: Workshop on The Political and Legal Theory of International Courts and Tribunals Oslo

From PluriCourts: The research Centre PluriCourts is planning a multidisciplinary workshop on international courts and tribunals which will take place 20. - 21. June 2022 in Oslo. The workshop will bring together scholars of philosophy, legal theory, and political theory who study regional and international courts and tribunals, and in

Some Comments on a New Foreign Affairs Piece Discussing Trade and Climate Change

All these recent debates I've had with Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker on trade policy and climate change have me thinking about these issues generally, and I had a few comments on a new piece in Foreign Affairs by political science professor Jessica Green that touches on all

More on the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affecting Carbon Emissions: A Response to the Response by Tim and Todd

Thanks to Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker for taking the time to respond to my questions about how the U.S.-EU Section 232 deal could lower carbon emissions. Not surprisingly, their response raises more questions for me, and I am still skeptical that this new arrangement will lead to

Response from Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker: How Exactly Would the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affect Carbon Emissions?

Guest post from Timothy Meyer (professor of law and the director of international legal studies at Vanderbilt Law School) and Todd N. Tucker (political scientist and director of governance studies at the Roosevelt Institute). Follow them @Tim_L_Meyer and @ToddNTucker. The United States and the European Union announced a

How Exactly Would the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affect Carbon Emissions?

I've seen some talk on Twitter and elsewhere about the "Carbon-Based Sectoral Arrangement on Steel and Aluminum Trade" part of the U.S.-EU Section 232 agreement, as the White House referred to it, with people seeming to suggest that this is a big deal (a

Some Thoughts on the U.S. - EU Section 232 Tariff Agreements

The big trade news over the weekend was a resolution of the U.S. - EU Section 232 tariff disputes. Two key documents are this USTR fact sheet and this EU-US joint statement. The core of the agreement is as follows: The United States will replace the existing tariffs on

Can the Biden Administration's Push for More "Made in America" Be Challenged under the GPA?

Long-time trade lawyer Jean Heilman Grier has a great blog focusing on procurement issues. Her latest post is about a new Biden administration website on Made in America: The Biden administration has inaugurated a new Made in America website with information on waivers of the Buy American Act and other