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Simon Lester

Simon Lester

Co-founder of WorldTradeLaw.net and China Trade Monitor. Non-resident fellow at the Baker Institute.

http://simonlester.com

New U.S. Export Restrictions on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Last week, President Trump issued a "Memorandum on Allocating Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources to Domestic Use," which including the following passage: On March 25, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services designated under section 102 of the Act 15 categories of health and

The New "Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant To Article 25 of the DSU"

The EU has announced that it and 15 other WTO Members have "decided on an arrangement that will allow them to bring appeals and solve trade disputes among them despite the current paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body." It explains that "[t]he Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration

UK DIT invites expressions of interest for UK designates to the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators

From the UK Department for International Trade: Appointments to ICSID panels: call for expressions of interest ... Expressions of interest should clearly set out the applicant’s motivation and detail how they satisfy required experience and attributes, including the core ICSID criteria set out in Article 14(1) of the ICSID

Postponement of 9th PEPA/SIEL Conference

This is from the PEPA/SIEL Conference Conference Chairs: Dear colleagues, It is now clear that due to the ongoing global Coronavirus crisis, we will be unable to hold the 9th PEPA/SIEL conference as planned for May 2020 in Jerusalem. This is of course highly disappointing to all involved

Applications for USMCA Dispute Settlement Rosters

USTR has published the following notice regarding an invitation for applications to be on the rosters for Chapter 31 state-state dispute panels and for the new rapid response labor panels: Invitation for Applications for Inclusion on the Dispute Settlement Rosters for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ... USTR is

Guest Post: Trade Policies under Pandemic

This is a guest post from Jingyuan "Joey" Zhou, Professor of Practice at University of Arizona Law School The COVID-19 has become a pandemic and more and more governments worldwide are struggling to contain the virus so as to protect their citizens. Commentators have inter alia recommended

SIEL 2020 Conference Postponed

The following is a notice from SIEL: To the SIEL Community: In light of the evolving situation regarding the COVID-19 crisis, the SIEL Executive Council has decided to postpone the 2020 SIEL Conference, which was schedule to take place in July 2020 at Bocconi University in Milan. We have

Guest Post: WTO ADJUDICATION@me.too: Hidden in plain sight

This is a guest post from Prof. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, European University Institute Florence Humanity knows from Greek mythology and from the Bible that third-party adjudication emerged and developed in response to never-ending human tragedies (like the pursuit of Orest by the goddesses of revenge punishing Orest’s

U.S. "Wins" and "Losses" in WTO Disputes

With Trump complaining about the WTO treating the U.S. unfairly, I get asked now and then about U.S. "wins" and "losses" in WTO disputes. How does the U.S. fare as a complainant and as a respondent? It's a difficult question. A

The UK-EU Trade Talks: The "Level Playing Field"

One of the most controversial aspects of the UK-EU trade talks has to do with the "level playing field." Simplifying things a bit, these are the EU demands that the UK not change its regulation so as to give its producers an advantage over EU competitors. In