Sungjoon Cho

This is a supplemental posting to Henry’s earlier posting on China-Auto Parts.   FACTS   Under a special regime (such as Decree 125), China imposed 25% duty on those imported auto parts, which meet certain criteria, as if they were “complete vehicles,” subject to the complicated post-importation verification and other administrative

Why did it fail? Immediate causes: On the last day (Day 9) of the talks, the core negotiating group (G 7: Australia, US, EU, Japan, China, India, and Brazil), more narrowly the U.S. and India/China/Indonesia, failed to close their gaps in some details (depth) of the “special

The International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the ASIL, is pleased to announce the launch of “ASIL Insights - International Economic Law Edition.” The IELIG promotes academic interest, discussion, research and publication on subjects broadly related to the transnational

Susan Schwab, the US Trade Representative, called for clear “pledges” from major developed and developing countries to negotiate within the range of current draft texts (on agriculture and industrial goods) to deliver the Doha deal. (“How flexibility can salvage the Doha round,” Financial Times, Oct. 4) Schwab observed that the

There is an interesting webcasting on the WTO website (WTO Forum), featuring a brief, yet well-pointed, debate on the merits and demerits of regional trading agreements (RTAs) between Jagdish Bhagwati (an international trade guru, Columbia University Professor) and Gary Hufbauer (a well-known trade commentator at the Peterson Institute). Prof. Bhagwati