Jamieson Greer on Trade with China and the Iraq War
In a recent speech, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer offered the following thoughts on past U.S. government efforts to bring market economics to China.
Simon Lester
New IELP Blog Platform
As I mentioned last week, Typepad has announced they would be shutting down by the end of September and everyone had to get their content off or they would lose it forever. So that sucked.
I had been wanting to get the IELP blog off Typepad anyway though, and this
IELP Blog Relocation
Just a quick note to readers that the platform on which the IELP blog is hosted is shutting down at the end of September. Bear with me over the next few weeks as I find a new platform. Blogging might be a bit light during this period.
U.S. State Capitalism as a Response to Chinese State Capitalism
In an interview last week, David Faber of CNBC pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on several Trump administration actions that could be characterized as "state capitalism":
Faber:
As somebody who's been around the capital markets for years, as you have been, I do wonder, how do
A Few Thoughts on Antitrust and Big Tech
I'm no antitrust expert, but I do have some opinions on it, and I'm going to offer a few of them in this post. As an intro, I want to mention a speech by Notre Dame law professor Roger Alford -- whose Opinio Juris blog posts
Wentong Zheng on Presidential Tariffs
University of Florida law professor Wentong Zheng has posted a new paper called "Presidential Tariffs," in which he argues that the IEEPA should not be interpreted to allow the President to proclaim tariff modifications for the purpose of entering into market-opening trade agreements, given that Congress allowed the
Matthew Schaefer on Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key Questions & Takeaways
The following is an excerpt from a new Yeutter Institute piece by University of Nebraska law professor Matthew Schaefer entitled "Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key Questions & Takeaways," offering a good roundup of a lot of the biggest trade policy issues out there at
Todd Tucker on Tariffs and the Role of Courts
In an op-ed in the FT entitled "Opponents of Trump’s tariffs should be wary of relying on the courts," Todd Tucker argues against U.S. courts striking down Trump's IEEPA tariffs. I have some questions and comments on his views of this issue, focusing on
Guest Post: Trump, Trade and Coercion
This is a guest post from Boston College law professor Frank Garcia. (Cross-posted from the Cambridge University press blog)
The first year of Trump’s second term has been a chaotic one for trade, as for so much else. Before inauguration, the President had already threatened tariffs against Denmark to
New Security Exception Language Establishes a Two-Tiered Approach
Via Mona Paulsen and Devon Whittle, I see that Chapter 28 of the UK-India trade agreement has some interesting new language on security exceptions. It starts off as expected, with the following:
Article 28.2
Security Exceptions
1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to:
(a) require a Party