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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
Inu Manak 30 May 2019 3 min read

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
Inu Manak 29 May 2019 8 min read

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
Marc Benitah 28 May 2019 8 min read

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.
Simon Lester 27 May 2019 1 min read

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
Marc Benitah 26 May 2019 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 26 May 2019 2 min read

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
Simon Lester 26 May 2019 1 min read

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
Rob Howse 23 May 2019 4 min read

The USMCA Sunset Clause as a "Check on Bad Behavior"

This is from testimony by Beth Baltzan at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing yesterday on "Enforcement in the New NAFTA": The Ultimate Check on Bad Behavior: The Sunset Clause The history of U.S. trade policy exposes particular challenges with Europe and Japan, who have had
Simon Lester 23 May 2019 4 min read

The Missing Legal Strategy for the US-China Trade War

The Missing Legal Strategy for the US-China Trade War Steve Charnovitz 23 May 2019 The Trump Administration's strategy against China suffers many flaws, the most serious of which is the failure to use judicial procedures in the WTO.  As my recent study https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/
Charnovitz 23 May 2019 2 min read

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Does The EU Need Its Own Section 301 To Counter China's Distortions?

Recently, economists Sander Tordoir and Brad Setser suggested that the EU may need its own version of Section 301 in order to "confront China’s systemic distortions beyond piecemeal trade defence."
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The Section 301 Forced Labor Import Ban Report

On June 2, 2026, USTR released its report on its Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
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What To Expect from the USMCA Review?

The USMCA review is almost upon us. How exactly things will proceed is a bit unclear, as we've never done this sort of thing before, but July 1 is the six year anniversary of the USMCA's entry into force.
03 Jun 2026 15 min read

China in the World Trading System: A Response to Chad, and Some Comments on Froman-Greer

I'm going to use this post to (1) respond to Chad and (2) comment on an exchange between current U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer and former U.S. Trade Rep. Mike Froman at a recent CFR event.
01 Jun 2026 7 min read

My Response To Simon on China in the World Trading System

Here are two quick reactions to the super important question of what explains why countries did not use WTO dispute settlement to push China to change.
28 May 2026 2 min read

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