Last month, I blogged about a press conference by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in which, among other things, he seemed to criticize the MFN clause as a barrier to trade liberalization. I explained (briefly) there why I thought this criticism was misguided. Chad Bown and Alan Sykes subsequently wrote a

This is from Inside US Trade: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, at his first public appearance here during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers meeting, said the U.S. defending its own market against unfair trade practices should not be confused with protectionism -- the definition of which, he

You may have thought the much discussed U.S. border adjustment tax proposal was dead, as not much has been said about it recently, but the Washington Post reports on a Congressional hearing yesterday: Much of corporate America is in agreement that it would like to see a sweeping overhaul

The Court of Justice for the European Union fired a significant shot at investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) this week, and the result is likely to be much more than just a flesh wound. In deciding that the European Union did not have exclusive competence to enter into agreements including

This announcement is from Ming Du at the Centre for Chinese Law & Social - Legal Studies of Surrey University: On 31st May 2017, the Centre for Chinese Law & Social - Legal Studies of Surrey University, together with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, will hold an international conference

Instead of the U.S. - China trade war that may have seemed like it was coming, we are seeing positive U.S. - China trade relations so far.  The Trump administration and China recently worked out a deal on a few small trade issues.  Here are two items to illustrate how

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

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

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 Council)