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Notification of a Decision To Appeal vs. Notice of Appeal

As I've mentioned a couple times already (sorry, but this intrigues me!), the U.S. filed a notification of appeal in relation to the DS436 Article 21.5 panel report. The U.S. notification said this: the United States hereby notifies the Dispute Settlement Body of its decision

The U.S.-China Trade Deal Dispute Chapter: Effective Enforcement or Just More Tariffs?

As I first talked about here, it appears that the Trump administration has convinced China to sign on to a new kind of "unilateral" dispute resolution process as part of the the Economic and Trade Agreement between the U.S. and China, which was released today. Here'

Trade in Last Night's Democratic Debate

All the candidates on the stage got a chance to weigh in on trade in last night's Democratic debate. Here's what they said: PFANNENSTIEL: Thank you, Mr. Steyer. Let's stay with the theme of America's role in the world and talk about

Sanders and Warren Talk Trade with the NY Times

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both talked to the NY Times editorial board recently, and trade was one of the issues raised (a tiny bit with Sanders, a lot with Warren). This is from the interview with Sanders: AK: I’m wondering if you could explain how your approach to

9th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) 2020 Jerusalem, 17-19 May 2020

The conference is organised by the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) in collaboration with the International Law Forum and other sponsors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. SIEL’s Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network (PEPA/SIEL) is, among other

DO APPELLATE BODY MEMBERS HAVE BIASES WHEN CHOOSING A CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS TO CLARIFY UNDEFINED RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS?

The state of Washington has sworn in its first Native American Supreme Court justice, Raquel Montoya-Lewis. At a press conference announcing her appointment, a reporter asked Montoya-Lewis, “What do you see as the biggest problem with implicit bias in the courts right now?” She replied: The biggest hurdle is getting

Another Economic Defense for the Multilateral Trading System

Stephen Roach (Yale) has recently published a must-read (“US, China and the Myth of Global Decoupling”), which refutes the logic of trade wars. Here are main observations. Today’s global economy is far more integrated than ever before. (…) The tighter that trade is woven into the fabric of global commerce,

Slaying Concerns about the WTO’s Faceless Bureaucrats

This is a guest post by Philippe de Baere, Henry Gao, Todd Friedbacher, Iain Sandford, Nicolas Lockhart, Isabelle Van Damme, Tania Voon, Alan Yanovich[1] Ever since countries first agreed rules to regulate international trade, they have disagreed about what the rules mean. International trade disputes raise sensitive political and

Senator Toomey on the USMCA Sunset Clause

This is from the Q & A at a recent AEI event with Senator Pat Toomey, hosted by Derek Scissors: Derek Scissors: ... Let’s not talk about what we agree on. Let’s talk about what we might disagree on, or at least disagree partly on. And I’ll start

Does Hiring Strikebreakers Violate the USMCA?

This is from Lance Compa of Cornell Law School: ... a more than two-months-long strike provoked by a multibillionaire Mexican business tycoon has cast a cloud over the new trade pact’s provisions to strengthen workers’ rights. Citing management’s bad-faith bargaining, nearly 2,000 workers have walked picket lines since