Here is something from a speech by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross: We are now constrained by two sides of a WTO pincer. One is the most-favored nation clause, or MFN. This rule says that we must apply the same tariff to every nation with which we do not have

The Section 232 steel/aluminum tariffs are in place for some countries but not all, as exemptions are under negotiation.  A few countries are still talking with the Trump administration about this, but others (Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, and possibly Australia but I'm not sure) have gotten out

Yesterday's General Council meeting was quite entertaining, to say the least, with "hatchets", "rabbits" & "dogs" flying in the air when the US and China engaged in several rounds of heated exchange. While China blamed the US for wrecking "the crown

This is from a call for papers for a Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law Incorporating the 2018 ASIL IECLIG Biennial, to be held September 21-22, 2018 at McGill's Faculty of Law in Montreal: I. Overall Concept and Theme Theme: Managing International Economic (Dis)Integration:

There's an enormous energy (and optimism) among Democrats, including many new congressional candidates, as we head toward the November midterm elections.  But little media attention has been paid to where the Democratic hopefuls stand on  trade policy. Some months ago a group of Senate Democrats including New York&

The United States and China engaged in a high-level trade negotiation in Beijing on May 3 and 4. The two sides exchanged views but did not reach any agreement on specific issues. The FT has now published the Draft Framework prepared by the US in advance of the negotiation.

Recall that CETA Article 8.10 identifies the following examples of "treatment" that is not "fair and equitable": 1. Each Party shall accord in its territory to covered investments of the other Party and to investors with respect to their covered investments fair and equitable treatment

Negotiating history often raises as many questions as it answers, but that's part of what makes it interesting. Recently, I stopped by the  University of Pennsylvania library to look at the Clair Wilcox collection of International Trade Organization documents, and I found a document dated September 15, 1947,

This is from the SIEL 2018 conference organizers: The Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) 2018 Global Conference will take place in Washington D.C. on July 12-14, 2018, with the theme International Economic Law in Unsettling Times. The Conference will be the largest conference SIEL has ever organized,

This is from the Centre for Trade and Investment Law in New Delhi, India: Request for Proposals: Training session and capacity building in the field of international trade and economic diplomacy. The Centre for Trade and Investment Law, established by the Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, is inviting proposals