Simon Lester

From the European Commission: The EU today requested formal consultations with the government of the Republic of Korea regarding the implementation of the sustainable development commitments under the EU-Korea trade agreement. The aim is to open a dedicated channel of communication to find an amicable and mutually satisfactory solution to

From the WTO: GATT Disputes: 1948-1995 looks into the evolution of dispute settlement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947, which served as the foundation for the Dispute Settlement Understanding created by the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. The two volumes represent the first comprehensive effort to

This is a guest post from professor and long-time GATT/WTO Secretariat lawyer Ernst-Ullrich Petersmann : ERNST-ULRICH PETERSMANN * European University Institute, Florence (Italy) 1. The US blocking of the filling of WTO Appellate Body (AB) vacancies, since spring 2017, on grounds not related to the personal qualifications of proposed AB candidates

Nicolas Lamp has a new paper out called, "How Should We Think about the Winners and Losers from Globalization? Three Narratives and their Implications for the Redesign of International Economic Agreements." This is from the intro: In the wake of Brexit and the widespread public opposition to new

Jennifer Hillman has a new IIEL Issues Brief called "Three Approaches to Fixing the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?" Her three approaches are: 1. The Good — A Separate System for Trade Remedies (with two possibilities: "Special Appellate Body for

The Yale Journal of International Law is hosting an online symposium on "International Trade in the Trump Era," featuring an introduction by Kathleen Claussen (University of Miami School of Law) and David Singh Grewal (Yale Law School) and essays by Rachel Brewster, Tim Meyer, Joel Trachtman, Greg Shaffer,

This is a great project from the WTO: The publication GATT Disputes: 1948-1995, published by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will be launched at the WTO Headquarters at 11:30 on Friday, 14 December 2018. Geneva, WTO Headquarters - Room D 14 DECEMBER 2018 In celebration of

Recall that para. 3 of the new NAFTA's sunset clause says: "each Party shall confirm, in writing, through its head of government, if it wishes to extend the term of this Agreement for another 16-year period." Over on Twitter, Joel points to another Congressional/Executive balance

Recall that the sunset clause in the new NAFTA says, "each Party shall confirm, in writing, through its head of government, if it wishes to extend the term of this Agreement for another 16-year period." While the written confirmation comes from the "head of government," the

The final version of the sunset clause in the new NAFTA (USMCA) reads as follows: Article 34.7: Review and Term Extension 1. This Agreement shall terminate 16 years after the date of its entry into force, unless each Party confirms it wishes to continue this Agreement for a new