A couple of my Cato colleagues and I are working on some data on NAFTA Chapter 19 disputes, but it has been slow going. In the meantime, a trade lawyer who prefers to remain anonymous put together some data and sent it to me. Taking into account NAFTA Chapter 19

I'll be at a trade law conference at Brooklyn Law School on Friday (along with a few others from this blog). Here are the details: On November 10, 2017, the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School will host a

From the esteemed Arthur Appleton / Patrick Macrory trade law book editing partnership, here is a new book published by the ICC: Volume 1 - International Trade Arthur E. Appleton and Patrick F.J. Macrory his first volume on International Trade edited by Arthur Appleton and Patrick Macrory, is a most

Last week the second 21.5 compliance panel report was released in the long-running Tuna/Dolphin, or Tuna II, dispute between Mexico and the United States. Finally after two rounds of the US tweaking of the measure, the WTO panel gave the voluntary labeling scheme for Dolphin-Safe tuna a clean

The Trump administration has caused a lot of controversy by proposing a "sunset clause" for the NAFTA, under which the agreement would expire automatically after five years unless the parties agree to renew it. That proposal has come under a lot of criticism, and personally I think it

The U.S. has a new proposal to crack down on WTO Members who do not provide notifications on time: 4. It is broadly recognized that compliance with the notification requirements of the various WTO Agreements is inadequate. For example, the most recent report by the WTO Secretariat for the

Here's one more post on the original GATT negotiations from Roy Santana of the WTO: _______________________________ GATT 1947 and the grueling task of signing [something…]  The negotiations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade were formally concluded on 30 October 1947. To mark the occasion U.N. press

Here's some info on a conference on international investment law to be held at Boston College Law School on October 25: The law school is hosting an international conference on the ferment surrounding international investment law and how this crisis can be an opportunity to reform the system