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Situating Labor in a Trade Agreement: Questions from the First RRM Panel

This is the second of two posts that take a look at the submissions and recount some of what was said at the hearing in the first USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) dispute between the United States and Mexico. If you’re new to the discussion, check out the

What does Mexico's Impending Return to Single Party Government Mean for Attracting FDI?

While the election of Lopez-Obrador's anointed candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, in the elections June 2 was no surprise in itself, her margin of more than 30 points over the principal opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez (and over 58% of the total vote) was a surprise to many observers. Similarly, few

SAIELN’s 4th Biennial Conference: Local Approaches to International Economic Law

This is from the South Asia International Economic Law Network: SAIELN’s 4th Biennial Conference will take place on 16th - 18th December 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Open University of Sri Lanka. An abstract of 500 words should be submitted no later than 30th July

Getting Ready for the USMCA Review

I noticed that the Canadians had started their preparation for the six year USMCA review and extension decision under Article 34.7, so I wrote a short piece for the Baker Institute about all this. This is the conclusion: The USMCA review and extension process is new and untested, and

Call for Papers: 2024 Roundtable in International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School

Law prof Stratos Pahis sends this along: The Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School is organizing a Roundtable in International Business Law. The Roundtable will take place on September 27, and proposals are due by June 28. The call is here.

Journal of International Economic Law Announces Fourth Junior Faculty Forum

The Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) is pleased to announce its fourth annual Junior Faculty Forum (JFF) to be held virtually September 20-21, 2024. The JIEL JFF brings together early career scholars (including junior faculty, visiting assistant professors, PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows, etc.) working in the field of international

Comments on the Biden Administration's Proposed New Tariffs on Imports from China

Comments on the Biden Administration's Proposed New Tariffs on Imports from China Steve Charnovitz Docket USTR-2024-0007 USTR-2024-0007-00106921 6 June 2024 The proposed United States (US) tariffs modifications noted in the Federal Register on 28 May 2024 undermine both international law and United States-China relations. Therefore, the counterproductive existing

The Biden Administration's Position on ISDS Removal

In April, I mentioned an exchange between Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on getting rid of ISDS in existing investment treaties/trade agreements. There was a bit of uncertainty about what exactly Tai meant, but now we have some additional context thanks to a

Katherine Tai on the ITO Charter

At an Atlantic Council event yesterday, U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai talked about the ITO charter and some policy issues that did not make it into the international economic system at that time: Tai: The original vision for trade in the Bretton Woods institutions went above and beyond the

Katherine Tai on Digital Trade Rules

Here's something U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai said, at an Atlantic Council event yesterday, about pulling back on the formulation of international digital trade rules: Isn't it time for us to hit pause on this, come back, reconnect with all of the other policy silos,