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How Will the Trump Administration Approach the WTO and WTO Dispute Settlement?

At a hearing on Tuesday to consider the nomination of Joseph Barloon to be the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative in Geneva (and Ambassador to the WTO), there were some questions about the Trump administration's views of the WTO in general, as well as WTO dispute settlement and

MPIA Update: A New Party Joins and Four New Arbitrators are Appointed

I mentioned here that Paraguay had joined the MPIA in early May. Since then, Malaysia has joined too, bringing us to 29 parties (counting the EU and its 27 member states as one). But the bigger news is that there has been a successful transition to a partially re-composed arbitrator

Guest Post: Initial Thoughts on the IEEPA Tariff Rulings

This is a guest post by Perry Bechky, a partner at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP and a visiting scholar at Seattle University School of Law. On Wednesday and Thursday, two courts ruled that President Trump lacked the statutory authority under IEEPA to impose tariffs. The cases are VOS Selections

Will the Trump Administration Revisit ISDS?

Back during Joe Biden's presidency, there were some hints that the Biden administration might be willing to push for the removal of ISDS from existing trade agreements and investment treaties. Members of Congress pressed then-U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on this issue on a couple occasions, including

Initial thoughts on V.O.S. Selections v. U.S. (Court of International Trade per curiam, 5/28/25)

In a clear and decisive opinion, the CIT has struck down as unlawful the tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (i) worldwide to “retaliate” for purported balance of trade reasons against alleged trade barriers imposed by other states, and (ii) on Canada, Mexico,

CIT grants IEEPA Plaintiffs' MSJ; Vacates and permanently enjoins all IEEPA tariffs

A unanimous panel (Katzmann, Reif, Restani) of the Court of International Trade has granted Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and injunctive relief in the V.O.S. Selections et al. and State of Oregon et al. challenges to all three sets of President Trump's IEEPA tariffs (worldwide/

Fighting the Trade Narratives: "Unfettered" Liberalization and "Reckless and Dogmatic" Free Trade

This is my second post about the questions for the record with U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer from his April 8 Senate Finance Committee testimony. Senator Warren (D-MA) asked this question: In the last recession, 700,000 American workers lost their jobs each month. While the President has paused

A Few Questions and Answers (and Then More Questions) about Trump's Trade Deals

As part of the questions for the record for U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer after he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on April 8, there was an interesting exchange between Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Greer related to any trade deals resulting from the IEEPA "reciprocal"

The USMCA Rapid Response Mechanism: What Do Workers Expect?

I want to thank Kathleen Claussen for succinctly summarizing last week’s Second USMCA Rapid Response Labor Panel. Many of us missed the panel discussion while participating in the fantastic ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group Biennial Conference (my kudos to the organizers). Professor Claussen points out the Mexican government’

Second USMCA Rapid Response Labor Panel Hears Arguments in Mexico

On May 15 and 16, the second panel convened under the USMCA/TMEC/CUSMA Facility-Specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) held a hearing in Mexico to review the arguments of Mexico and the United States concerning worker rights at Atento Servicios, S.A. de C.V. (MEX-USA-2024-31A-01). This panel proceeding