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A Few Answers To My Questions about Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs

Last week, I asked a lot of questions related to what we might expect from Trump's "reciprocal tariffs." Now we have a few answers in the Executive Order and a fact sheet from yesterday. Let's go through them. Which statutes will they use as

Call for Papers: Law and Economic Development

This is from the ASIL International Economic Law interest group: The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law and the Law and Development Institute are co-hosting a conference in December 2025 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The conference theme is "Law and

Guest Post: How to retaliate against looming Trump tariffs

This is a guest post from Simon Schropp (BRG and George Washington University) and Kornel Mahlstein (Sidley Austin LLP) Eight weeks into the Trump Administration it appears that the “Trump tariffs” on America’s closest allies are not mere posture. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on March 18 that the

The U.S. Argument that GATT Article XX Applies to Non-GATT Goods Agreements (Including the SCM Agreement)

In its first written submission in the U.S. - IRA Tax Credits WTO dispute (DS623), the U.S. makes a number of arguments people might find interesting. First, there's a new invocation of the GATT Article XXI security exception related to the exclusion under the Internal Revenue Code

Passing of Steve Charnovitz

I was saddened to hear of the passing this week of the great trade law scholar Steve Charnovitz, a professor at GW law school. The full list of his scholarly works can be found at his personal website. Steve was also one of the founding bloggers here at the IELP

Questions about Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs

President Trump and his trade team have been pointing to April 2 as the big day for his reciprocal tariffs. At this point, I have lots of questions, but few answers, about what to expect from all this. Here are some of my questions: - Which statutes will they use as

WTO Dispute Settlement and Certainty

At the always excellent Georgetown Law International Trade Update last week, there was a "Fireside Chat" between Demetrios Marantis (former Deputy U.S. Trade Rep. and acting U.S. Trade Rep.) and Biden administration Ambassador to the WTO Maria Pagan. They covered a lot of ground, and on

Politicized AD/CVD vs. Neutral WTO Adjudication As a Way To Address Unfair/Non-Market/Protectionist Practices

In this post, I'm going to talk about an assumption that I think is held by many people (in the U.S. and elsewhere): AD/CVDs are a good way to respond to unfair/non-market/protectionist practices in other countries. I'm going to call that

The USMCA Review (If the USMCA Survives!) Needs To Address the National Security Loophole

I don't know if the USMCA is going to survive all the U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico, along with the Canadian and Mexican retaliation. Will the agreement make it to the USMCA review next year? We'll see. If we do make it though, I

Will a "Zombie USMCA" Survive the Tariff Onslaught?

With all the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on Canada and Mexico (under IEEPA already, under Section 232 soon, maybe under Section 301, and various other possibilities as well), and with the Canadian and Mexican tariff retaliation, how much is left of the USMCA? In economic terms, the creation