This is from Inside US Trade: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission for additional information in the Section 201 probe into solar imports, focusing in his request on so-called “unforeseen developments” -- an issue that sources say has contributed to U.S.

From the folks at SIEL: The call for papers, panels & posters for the 6th SIEL Biennial Global Conference has been extended to December 20, midnight GMT. The Conference will be held from 12-14 July 2018 at American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. Please keep the

This is from the U.S. statement at the November 22 DSB meeting: 7. APPELLATE BODY MATTERS A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN B. APPELLATE BODY APPOINTMENTS: PROPOSAL BY ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, EUROPEAN UNION, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, CHINA; MEXICO, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PERU, RUSSIAN

I had a recent twitter exchange that baffled me at first, but eventually clarified something in the ISDS debate that I have come across before and found confusing. Sometimes ISDS critics, including me, will say something along these lines: "Disputes between foreign investors and host governments can usually be

Law professor Pasha Hsieh sends the following: Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law will hold the ASEAN Law Conference on December 7-8, 2017. Speakers and commentators include colleagues from various universities and governments, the ASEAN Secretariat, the World Bank and Sidley Austin LLP. The program is available at

This is a guest post from Brazilian trade lawyer Luiz Eduardo Salles BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AS AN OPTION TO LIVING THROUGH THE WTO AB CRISIS The trade law community’s hottest topic these days has been the crisis stemming from the US’ persistent refusal to appoint new Appellate Body members. Indeed,

This is from the SIEL, JIEL & OUP: A prize has been established by the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) and Oxford University Press (OUP) for the best essay submitted on any topic in any field of international economic law. The 2017-2018

This is from the provisionally adopted text of the amended EU AD/CVD regulation (I think I'm stating that correctly, but someone please correct me if I have it wrong!), relating to the use of analogue countries in constructing a normal value: Article 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/1036

This is from the updated USTR NAFTA negotiating objectives: Dispute settlement: "Provide mechanisms for ensuring that the Parties retain control of disputes and can address situations when a panel has clearly erred in its assessment of the facts or the obligations that apply." One way to address panel