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The WTO Appellate Body Crisis: A Critique of the EU's Article 25 Proposal

Steve Charnovitz 2 June 2019 Recent reports indicate that the EU is proposing to use Article 25 of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) to provide a temporary solution to the ongoing crisis in the Appellate Body of not having enough appellators to adjudicate appeals and to render

Trump's Threatened Tariffs on Mexico Show the Need for Congress to Curb Emergency Authority

Steve Charnovitz May 31, 2019 Yesterday on May 30, President Trump threatened to impose escalating tariffs on Mexico unless the Mexican government takes action to stem the tide of individuals lacking US entry visas from seeking to cross over the Mexican side of the US-Mexican border. Whether Mexico has an

Canada Introduces Implementing Legislation on USMCA

On May 29, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced Bill C-100, the "Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act," into the House of Commons. This paves the way for ratification in Canada, which could take place before the parliamentary recess on June 21st. A number of news reports in the

Farewell speech of Appellate Body member Peter Van den Bossche

Peter Van den Bossche, departing Appellate Body member, delivered his farewell speech to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body on May 28, 2019. The full text is below, and certain to generate discussion: Ambassador Walker, Deputy Director-General Brauner, Excellencies, colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you with a

CHINA's "INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDIES": IS THE WTO's AB JURISPRUDENCE ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF A "PUBLIC BODY" AN INSTANCE OF THE WORST KIND OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM?

Technically, China's "industrial subsidies" are subsidies granted by State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) that do not fall under the concept of "public body" as understood by the WTO Appellate Body. Recall that a financial contribution in the sense of Article 1 of the SCM could be

Seeking Applications for JIEL Editorial Assistant Position

Sent on behalf of Profs. Joost Pauwelyn and Chris BrummerThe Journal of International Economic Law is seeking applications for the position of an Editorial Assistant. This position is half-time and normally for one year, but it has been extended in the past and we are flexible in this respect. Individuals

The Book "The WTO Law of Subsidies: A Comprehensive Approach" is now published

Dear Blog Colleagues Allow me please to signal that my book "The WTO Law of Subsidies: A Comprehensive Approach" is now published and available at Kluwer eStore. Best Regards. Marc PRINT format: Kluwer eStore KINDLE format Amazon.com

Call for Papers: ASIL IEcLIG Biennial Conference

From the ASIL: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW INTEREST GROUP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW February 14-15, 2020 TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW CALL FOR PAPERS The conference will comprise: • Academic paper presentations drawn

III LAwTTIP Young Researchers Workshop - Call for papers

From the LAwTTIP Jean Monnet Network: In the framework of the LAwTTIP Jean Monnet Network, the Institut de l’Ouest: Droit et Europe (IODE, UMR CNRS 6262) of the University of Rennes 1 organises the 3rd Young Researchers Workshop, dedicated to the internal and external challenges linked to the new

Democrats Should Embrace the New Economic Sovereignty (not the Old Globalism)

Should the Democrats oppose Trump's tariffs with a return to the ideology of free trade (albeit with handouts for globalism's losers)? That's the view of Edward Alden, writing this week in Foreign Policy. Alden launches a defense of prior Democratic administrations' support for