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Writing the ELSA WTO Moot Court Case

From ELSA: ELSA International invites proposals from prospective case authors to write the Moot Court Case for the 14th edition of the ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. EMC2 is a simulated hearing of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel. Teams of interested students from all over the

"Secret Treaty to Mine the Moon Draft" Would Apply GATT to Moon Minerals

I first thought it was an email phishing scam, but it is a real story that a journalist was asking my opinion on. I found it intriguing enough to share it on the blog ... A few day ago, Wikileaks released what has been referred to as a "Secret Treaty

Done with TPA; on to TPP

As you have all have probably heard by now, at long last we are done with the tedious TPA debate: President Barack Obama signed into law on Monday legislation that gives him "fast-track" power to negotiate trade deals and speed them through Congress, ... I will leave commentary on

Benefit analysis in Canada-FIT

A few weeks ago, Simon marked the anniversary of the controversial Canada-FIT decision, here. His helpful post – which recalled an interesting discussion we had on this at the 2014 BIICL WTO conference – prompts me now to reflect a little further on why I have always found a lot more to

WTO@20 Conference in Beijing

A major WTO law conference will take place at Tsinghua University, Beijing, later this week. Notably, a number of current and former members of the Appellate Body will be there. Here is the information from the conference website: WTO at 20：Multilateral Trading System, Dispute Settlement and Developing Countries Tsinghua

The Right to Regulate for Multiple Purposes and the Standard of Review

In an earlier post, Simon referred to the recent ASIL Unbound discussion on the Seal case. Indeed, I found the discussion very helpful and suggest everyone visit the site. There are so many issues there, but let me focus on one particular issue, that is whether the Appellate Body (AB)

EC - Seal Products Unbound

Over at AJIL Unbound, they are talking about the EC - Seal Products case, with contributions from Joel Trachtman, Don Regan, Julia Qin, Alexia Herwig, William J. Moon/Alec Stone Sweet, and Michael Fakhri. No doubt all of the contributions are very interesting, but I confess to being bogged down

A Different Take on ChAFTA ISDS

Last week, I wrote in praise of the China - Australia FTA (ChAFTA) ISDS provisions, suggesting that they were narrower in scope than typical ISDS provisions, in a good way. I liked the fact that they left open whether to incorporate expropriation and minimum standard of treatment provisions, leaving that

Is the WTO Passé?

The answer is NO according to an interesting paper (Is the WTO Passé?, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (WPS 7304), June 2015) co-written by Kyle Bagwell, Chad Bown and Robert Staiger. This paper sheds new light on the relevancy of the WTO as an engine of trade liberalization. It

Guest Post on Applying GATT Disciplines to TRIPS-plus Provisions

This is a guest post from Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan For a paper I have been working on (http://ssrn.com/abstract=2610576), I am looking for comments on applying GATT disciplines (such as Art.I, III, V and XI) as well as the General Exception rule in Art.