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Michael Froman recently exercised his discretion to overrule the International Trade Commission's determination to exclude from importation certain Apple products found to infringe Samsung patents.  It is reported to be the first time since 1987 that a 337 order has been overruled.  Thus, it is the first time

The General Assembly has approved the conventional weapons trade treaty.  While the treaty requires members to restrict exports in certain circumstances, it contains no reference to WTO law requirements, and Art. 26 on the relationship with other agreements seems to assert dominance. See Joost Pauwelyn's earlier post on

Yesterday the European Commission submitted a proposal to EU member states to commence negotiations for a FTA with Japan.  The announcement said "Priority in the negotiations will be the elimination of non-tariff barriers to trade on the Japanese market, as well as access to Japan's public procurement

See the recently released UNCTAD World Investment Report 2012.  It proposes S&D treatment in investment, including provisions for non-binding national treatment and "fair and equitable treatment" norms for the less developed party.  I wonder whether they have determined that these types of reduced commitments would make

See Petros Mavroidis' briefing paper at CUTS International.  He argues that poor countries have problems identifying violations that hurt them, and have further problems because retaliatory enforcement hurts their own welfare.  He suggests that existing proposals for DSU reform do not address these issues, although the proposals for monetary

I have not seen too much discussion of the international law features of Gov. Walker's proposal to end collective bargaining rights for state workers in Wisconsin.  The right to collective bargaining is one of the so-called "core labor rights" that the U.S. uses for GSP

The Report is here.  Its title is stark:  The Doha Round:  Setting a Deadline; Defining a Final Deal.  Aside from the fact that the report urges a "realish" deadline of the end of this year, the most striking thing for me was the magnitude of gains from concluding

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The NYT has an interesting op-ed today regarding developments in congressional antics regarding GSP, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Andean Preferences, and the Colombia-US FTA.  I won't try to replicate its description of the linkages among these, which remind us of Bismarck's observation that there are two things

I wonder if readers would agree with the following preliminary analysis of whether the NAFTA "prudential carveout" applies to except capital controls from the provisions regarding free transfer of investments. Capital controls for limited purposes are becoming more popular among economists, including those at the IMF. First, using