This is from an Economist interview with Donald Trump: It sounds like you’re imagining a pretty big renegotiation of NAFTA. What would a fair NAFTA look like? Big isn’t a good enough word. Massive. Huge? It’s got to be. It’s got to be. What would it

Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum From Steve Charnovitz, George Washington University Law School May 11, 2017 DOC Billing Code 3510-33-P Aluminum is vital to US national security and therefore it is good news that world markets and US product of aluminum are both so

The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) seeks paper proposals for the workshop on “Resolving the Tensions between EU Trade and Non-Trade Objectives: Actors, Norms, and Processes”. The workshop takes place on 10 November 2017 at Utrecht University. Full details are here. Submissions of paper proposals are

For those not able to make it to Geneva, we will livestream tomorrow's 10th Update on WTO Dispute Settlement here. The event takes place tomorrow, Thursday, May 11, 6 to 8 pm Geneva time. Speakers include: - Amb. Carim (2016 DSB Chair & now Chair of the General

Former President Jimmy Carter weighed in on the U.S.-Canada lumber dispute yesterday.  He noted that "[t]imber sales are a major source of income for my own family," and he thus agreed with the U.S. industry that Canada is behaving unfairly, as the provinces charge

The Trump administration has recently announced Section 232 investigations into whether steel and aluminum imports impair national security.  A key issue will be whether these products are "being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security."

Bloomberg reports: The World Trade Organization upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, dealing a blow to the cigarette industry, according to two people close to the situation. A WTO dispute-settlement panel backed Australia’s argument that the rules it set in

I have recently been pondering a common complaint voiced against the EU and Canada’s proposal for a multilateral investment court, which is that it would be biased against investors because all of the judges would be selected by states (see, for example, the ABA’s Report here and Judge

Following-up on my last post, the Executive Order Addressing Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses is here.  Let's go through it quickly. Here's how it starts: Section 1.  Policy.  Every trade agreement and investment agreement entered into by the United States, and all trade relations and trade

A new Executive Order on Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses is coming soon (I haven't seen the official document yet). An explanation by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at a press briefing is here.  I have some thoughts on what Ross said.  Here's how he started off: