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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

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,

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 the

What is "Socialist Market Economy"?

This is the million dollar question that has been asked about China's economic and trade system all the time. Last week, China's WTO Ambassador Dr. Zhang Xiangchen gave the following reply at the General Council meeting, "Back in 1992, when China announced that it would

Do we need new WTO rules in dealing with China?

I understand that Geneva has been hot these days, but yesterday, the hottest place in town was nowhere but inside Centre William Rappard, where the US and China engaged in a white-hot debate on the Chinese economic system at the General Council meeting. Firing the first shot by calling

The Section 301 Action Against China (Fed. Reg. filing by Steve Charnovitz)

Comments by Professor Steve Charnovitz regarding the Proposed Determination of Action Pursuant to Section 301 By Professor Steve Charnovitz George Washington University USTR-2018-0018 July 23, 2018 This is a comment regarding the proposed action of imposing an additional 25 percent ad valorem duty on the products classified in

The Constitutional Claim Against Section 232

Following up on their complaint, this is from a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the American Institute for International Steel and two companies last week: SECTION 232 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS AN IMPROPER DELEGATION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND A VIOLATION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS. Plaintiffs’ nondelegation challenge to section 232

Deciding Whether the Section 232 Tariffs Are Safeguard Measures

So far, there have been 13 WTO consultations requests related to the Section 232 tariffs and the subsequent retaliation. Here are the 8 requests against the Section 232 tariffs, which allege violations of the GATT, and also allege that the tariffs are safeguard measures and violate the Safeguards Agreement: U.

EU DSU Reform Proposals

Bryce Baschuk of Bloomberg has posted a European Commission document with some WTO modernization proposals. This is from the part on dispute settlement: EU position: Without prejudice to EU position on whether the concerns formulated by the United States are well founded, this paper explores avenues in which addressing these

The U.S. Challenges the Section 232 Retaliatory Tariffs

I had been wondering if the U.S. would bring WTO complaints against the tariffs applied by various governments in retaliation for the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. USTR has just announced that it will: The United States today launched separate disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against