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So says Mexico's Ambassador to the US in a WSJ opinion column today. Trade wars are messy, and even though Mexico's retaliation will injure US industries (twice - because some of these industries would likely benefit from liberalization of the trucking sector) and Mexican consumers, in

(Cross-posted from the new Kluwer Arbitration Blog). Two weeks ago, an LCIA tribunal issued its Award on Remedies in a dispute filed by the U.S. against Canada under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA). This dispute is interesting in many respects. Most obviously, it is a state-to-state dispute adjudicated

While the confirmation hearing of USTR nominee Ron Kirk has been postponed to next Monday, those of us seeking some positive signaling from the Obama administration about its future trade policies will do well to read the 7-page "Overview of the 2009 Agenda" in USTR's 2008

Those of you in the Pacific northwest in mid-January might be interested in attending this workshop (Download Law Workshop Flyer2) held at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law's International Economic Law Interest Group. The workshop organizer is

In case you missed previous announcements, or have otherwise any hesitations about submission, I would like to again bring to your attention the ASIL IEL Interest Group Research Colloquium that will be held at UCLA on February 13, 2009. This will be a non-thematic, one day academic workshop in which

As many of you know, the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group is holding its Biennial Conference in DC in two days. This is a good time to announce a new initiative: the Interest Group Research Colloquium that will be held at UCLA on February 13,

2008 Biennial ASIL Interest Group Conference: The Politics of International Economic Law: The Next Four Years November 13, 2008 ~ November 15, 2008 George Washington University School of Law 2000 H Street, NW Washington DC 20052 USA Only ten days after the U.S. presidential election, and in the midst of

Hot on the heels of Joost's insightful summary and assessment of the Hormones II AB Report, and before more detailed discussion of the particular issues soon ensues, I would like to put forward a general assessment of this Report. A deliberately general assessment of the Report, as a

Those interested in further exploring problems of fragmentation in international law may want to consider this call for papers related to a research group headed by my Hebrew University colleague, Yuval Shany, which will culminate in a conference to be held in Jerusalem in May, 2009. The research group (which

The American Society of International Law's International Economic Law Interest Group will meet in Geneva just before the inaugural meeting of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director General of the WTO, will speak on recent developments at the WTO. Future activities and ways