This is a guest post from Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Sharjah In recent years, national movements against globalization and free trade have reached a critical mass and have resulted in the election of new political leaders who want to stop or even reverse globalization

Brett Fortnam of Inside U.S. Trade reports the following: The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to subject autos that do not meet a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement rule of origin to a 2.5 percent tariff if they are made at an existing manufacturing facility, industry

In Indonesia—Safeguards, as Simon has pointed out, the AB had an opportunity to consider the definition of “safeguard” for purposes of Article XIX of GATT and Article 1 of the Safeguards Agreement.  (Note also the interesting discussion begun by Steve Charnovitz on this issue.) Indonesia had imposed a specific

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 could

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

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Law University, Jodhpur, India: The Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development is pleased to invite original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Winter ’18 Issue of the Journal (Vol. 10, No. 2) in the form of Articles, Notes, Comments and Book Reviews.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

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

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’

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

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