Many worry that the current United States–China trade wars, and negotiations therefrom, might undermine the WTO dispute settlement mechanism (DSM).  Curiously, however, both the United States and China have not completely bypassed the WTO DSU.  In fact, both countries have invoked the WTO DSM in tandem with their unilateral/

The McClatchy news service reports the following: Now that the Trump administration has revamped the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is taking a look at kicking key countries out of its sister pact, the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Trump officials are taking a very close look at the

R.I.P. BNA's International Trade Reporter Steve Charnovitz For as long as I can remember, the best source for current international trade news as well as archival trade news, was the International Trade Reporter published by BNA, once known as the Bureau of National Affairs.  At the

From the Polish Yearbook of International Law (PYIL): Polish Yearbook of International Law (PYIL) is currently seeking articles for its next volume (XXXVIII), which will be published in July-August 2019. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers in areas connected with public and private international law, including European law.

The Year of the Golden Pig has begun with the ostensible reckoning of the U.S. – China trade wars.  Apple shocked its investors by releasing a gloomy sales forecast in China.  Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, said that “while we anticipated some challenges in key emerging markets, we did not

USTR has released its negotiating objectives for the US-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA) negotiations. Here are a few thoughts. First, the Trump administration seems determined to come up with names for their trade agreements that are hard to remember and not at all catchy. USMCA and USJTA? They don't

This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah Free trade agreements (FTAs) use several rules of origin (ROO) - such as change in tariff category, value-added, and certain process requirements - to determine origin. ROO should have four

This is a new paper from Graham Cook of the WTO: For those interested here is a new paper called "Confidentiality and Transparency in the WTO's Party-Centric Dispute Settlement System". The abstract: In the context of WTO dispute settlement proceedings, many of the decisions made by

This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah A key part of Brexit negotiations was about the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The UK and Ireland are currently part of the EU single