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Call for Papers: Trade Law & Development

This is from the Managing Editor of the student-run journal Trade, Law and Development: Founded in 2009, the philosophy of Trade, Law and Development has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate on emergent issues in international economic law and to serve as a forum for the
Inu Manak 16 Oct 2018 1 min read

Deadline Extended— The GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC)

This is from Gujarat National Law University: Gujarat National Law University is glad to inform you that preparations are currently underway for yet another edition of the GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC). The 11th edition of the GIMC is scheduled to take place from February 13-17, 2019 in Gandhinagar,
Inu Manak 16 Oct 2018 1 min read

Guest Post: Why WTO Members Should Bring Pure Non-Violation Claims Against National Security Measures

This is a guest post from law professor Nicolas Lamp: There is no doubt that, over the past year, trade officials in WTO Members have spent countless hours agonizing over the appropriate response to Trump’s national security tariffs on steel and aluminium. They have come up with a number
Simon Lester 15 Oct 2018 3 min read

Mexico's View of the Problems with the NAFTA Panel Appointment Process

This is from Inside US Trade: In addition to the cultural carveout, [Jesús] Seade, [the chief NAFTA negotiator for Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador], touted the USMCA’s dispute settlement system, particularly Chapter 20 state-to-state dispute resolution, along with the deal’s provisions for small and medium-sized enterprises and
Simon Lester 12 Oct 2018 2 min read

Regulatory Issues in the New NAFTA

The chapter on "Good Regulatory Practices" (Chapter 28) was concluded early on in the NAFTA renegotiations, but until last week there were a lot of unanswered question as to what it would include. On first read, it appears that this chapter goes beyond anything we've seen
Inu Manak 10 Oct 2018 6 min read

Guest Post: Protecting Indigenous Rights in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

This is a guest post from Risa Schwartz, a sole practitioner based in Canada focussing on the intersections between international trade and investment law and Indigenous rights (@risaschwartzlaw, [email protected]) The United States-Mexico-Canada agreement includes a new provision for the protection of the rights of  Indigenous peoples.  This exception,
Simon Lester 08 Oct 2018 4 min read

What If National Security Tariffs Spread To Other Countries?

This is a question from an Inside US Trade reporter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer: Q Yeah. Thank you, Ambassador. My name is Anshu, with Inside U.S. Trade. ... And then in a broader sense, on the use of 232, the President sort of said that he made
Simon Lester 06 Oct 2018 1 min read

Call for Papers from the ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group

This is from the ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AND INVITATION TO 2019 WORKSHOP Background The ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) was established in 2011 to provide a forum for those interested in international economic law, especially international regulation of trade, investment, intellectual
Simon Lester 06 Oct 2018 1 min read

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada (AKA the New NAFTA) Trade Deal: Trucking Services

Back in 2001, a NAFTA Chapter 20 panel ruled that certain U.S. restrictions on Mexican trucking services violated U.S. commitments under the NAFTA. Implementation of this ruling by the U.S. has seen some stops and starts. The new NAFTA clarifies and limits the U.S. obligation: Notwithstanding
Simon Lester 04 Oct 2018 2 min read

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada (AKA the New NAFTA) Trade Deal: Withdrawing from the New NAFTA

The original NAFTA withdrawal provision, Article 2205, said this: A Party may withdraw from this Agreement six months after it provides written notice of withdrawal to the other Parties. If a Party withdraws, the Agreement shall remain in force for the remaining Parties. The new NAFTA withdrawal provision, Article 34.
Simon Lester 03 Oct 2018 1 min read

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The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans

This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
16 Mar 2026 4 min read

The Section 301 Surge Is Upon Us: Investigating Excess Capacity and Production

The first of a large batch of expected Section 301 investigations has arrived, as USTR announced yesterday that it was initiating investigations on acts, policies, and practices of various countries/economies "relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors."
12 Mar 2026 3 min read

Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth

Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.
03 Mar 2026 8 min read

Guest Post: Are President Trump’s New Section 122 Tariffs Legal?

This is a guest post from Bryan Riley and Joe Bishop-Henchman. Bryan is Director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union; Joe is Executive Vice President at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation President Trump has issued new 10% tariffs, shortly after raised to 15%, based on Section
24 Feb 2026 6 min read

Section 122 as a (Partial) Replacement for the IEEPA Tariffs

Apparently, this is the era of dusting off old international economic policy statutes and figuring out what they mean and how they work. After the Supreme Court's ruling today in Learning Resources, holding that "IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," we are now
20 Feb 2026 5 min read

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