Simon Lester

This is from today's Indonesia - Iron or Steel Safeguards Appellate Body report: 5.60. In light of the above, we consider that, in order to constitute one of the "measures provided for in Article XIX", a measure must present certain constituent features, absent which it

This is something from the EU's recent WTO modernization proposals: Counter-notifications , i.e. notifications made by a Member on behalf of another, are a potentially powerful instrument available in various agreements. They are, however, hardly used, partly because preparing them requires a significant amount of research and intelligence.

Following up on Dani Rodrik's FT op-ed from the other day, economist Robert Wade adds the following in a letter to the FT: [Rodrik] says that “when the US and Europe complain that China is infringing ‘global norms and rules’, they forget their own economic history. China’s

This is from Dani Rodrik in the FT: How will the world trade regime handle a large, increasingly powerful country such as China that apparently plays globalisation by different rules? This is the question that keeps US and European policymakers awake at night. The fever runs highest in the US,

The notice of appeal filed by Honduras in the Australia - Plain Packaging case is here. I think it's fair to say that it covers a lot of ground. This is one part: Honduras requests the Appellate Body's review of the assessment the Panel made of

Following up on their complaint, this is from a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the American Institute for International Steel and two companies last week: SECTION 232 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS AN IMPROPER DELEGATION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND A VIOLATION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS. Plaintiffs’ nondelegation challenge to section 232

So far, there have been 13 WTO consultations requests related to the Section 232 tariffs and the subsequent retaliation. Here are the 8 requests against the Section 232 tariffs, which allege violations of the GATT, and also allege that the tariffs are safeguard measures and violate the Safeguards Agreement: U.

Bryce Baschuk of Bloomberg has posted a European Commission document with some WTO modernization proposals.  This is from the part on dispute settlement: EU position: Without prejudice to EU position on whether the concerns formulated by the United States are well founded, this paper explores avenues in which addressing these

I had been wondering if the U.S. would bring WTO complaints against the tariffs applied by various governments in retaliation for the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. USTR has just announced that it will: The United States today launched separate disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against

As I discussed recently, the U.S. has raised the issue of the length of time it has been taking the Appellate Body to circulate its reports. But what about the length of time panels have been taking? DSU Articles 12.8 and 12.9 say this: 8. In order