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How To Determine if a Measure Constitutes a Safeguard Measure

This is from today's Indonesia - Iron or Steel Safeguards Appellate Body report: 5.60. In light of the above, we consider that, in order to constitute one of the "measures provided for in Article XIX", a measure must present certain constituent features, absent which it
Simon Lester 15 Aug 2018 1 min read

Announcement: Stanford Law School Teaching Fellow

This is from Stanford Law School: STANFORD LAW SCHOOL seeks a teaching fellow for the LLM Program in International Economic Law, Business & Policy. The appointment is for a two-year position with the possibility of a third year by mutual agreement. The principal functions of the teaching fellow are to
Inu Manak 15 Aug 2018 1 min read

Call for Submissions: Trade, Law and Development

This is from the National Law University, Jodhpur, India: The Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development is pleased to invite original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Winter ’18 Issue of the Journal (Vol. 10, No. 2) in the form of Articles, Notes, Comments and Book Reviews. Manuscripts
Inu Manak 10 Aug 2018 1 min read

Reversing the Burden for Non-Notified Subsidies

This is something from the EU's recent WTO modernization proposals: Counter-notifications , i.e. notifications made by a Member on behalf of another, are a potentially powerful instrument available in various agreements. They are, however, hardly used, partly because preparing them requires a significant amount of research and intelligence.
Simon Lester 09 Aug 2018 1 min read

Domestic Content Requirements and Industrial Policy

Following up on Dani Rodrik's FT op-ed from the other day, economist Robert Wade adds the following in a letter to the FT: [Rodrik] says that “when the US and Europe complain that China is infringing ‘global norms and rules’, they forget their own economic history. China’s
Simon Lester 09 Aug 2018 2 min read

Conference: Evolutionary Interpretation in Different International Legal Systems, Oct. 4-5, 2018, University of Geneva

This is from the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva and the Global Studies Institute: On 4-5 October 2018, the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva is hosting a conference entitled "Evolutionary interpretation in different international legal systems," featuring many distinguished guests. Evolutionary interpretation is an
Inu Manak 08 Aug 2018 1 min read

Registration Open: GNLU International Moot Court Competition

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 07 Aug 2018 1 min read

Trachtman comments on Dani Rodrik FT Op-ed, August 5, 2018, “The WTO Has Become Dysfunctional”

Is the problem too much policy space for China, or too little?  In his FT op-ed published yesterday, Dani Rodrik seems to vacillate between applauding China’s heterodox policies, and condemning the WTO for failing sufficiently to restrict those policies. His concluding paragraph claims that the problem is failure to
Trachtman 06 Aug 2018 2 min read

Dani Rodrik on China and the Role of the WTO

This is from Dani Rodrik in the FT: How will the world trade regime handle a large, increasingly powerful country such as China that apparently plays globalisation by different rules? This is the question that keeps US and European policymakers awake at night. The fever runs highest in the US,
Simon Lester 06 Aug 2018 4 min read

The Plain Packaging Appeal and WTO Appellate Deadlines

The notice of appeal filed by Honduras in the Australia - Plain Packaging case is here. I think it's fair to say that it covers a lot of ground. This is one part: Honduras requests the Appellate Body's review of the assessment the Panel made of
Simon Lester 02 Aug 2018 3 min read

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Is There No Going Back on Trade? What Is the Path Forward? A Response to Lighthizer

Former U.S. Trade Rep. Bob Lighthizer has a new essay in Foreign Affairs, and I have some thoughts. I'm going to start with his brief big picture points on the direction of U.S. trade policy, and then go through a couple of the specific concepts he emphasizes.
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The Section 301 Excess Capacity Investigation Needs Less Madness, More Method

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump’s emergency tariffs under IEEPA  unconstitutional, the administration scrambled to rebuild its tariff wall. While the announcement of Section 122 tariffs immediately following the ruling will provide a temporary patch, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office quickly began to utilize another
24 Apr 2026 6 min read

War Tariffs

This is a co-authored post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would be imposing new tariffs of 50 percent of the value of any product coming from any country that sells weapons or provides military aid to Iran. Some commentators questioned
14 Apr 2026 5 min read

USMCA Review and Extension Predictions

When the idea of an expiration clause was suggested during the NAFTA renegotiation, I was against it from the start, and Inu and I wrote a pretty critical piece about it at the time. A review is great, we said, let's definitely have reviews, and there are plenty of ways to do that.
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

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.
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