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Trade and Investment Law Faculty Position at the University of Ottawa

From the University of Ottawa: The Common Law Section invites applications for three tenure-track positions, commencing at the level of Assistant Professor.  A more experienced candidate may be considered for a position at a higher level. Applicants currently employed in legal education elsewhere are encouraged to contact the Dean directly
Simon Lester 10 Apr 2015 1 min read

Editorial Assistant Position with the JIEL

From the folks at Georgetown Law: Editorial Assistant Position with the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL)  The Journal of International Economic Law is currently collecting recommendations or applications from persons who might wish to take on the position of Editorial Assistant to the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL)
Simon Lester 10 Apr 2015 1 min read

For Those Trying to Kill the Iran Deal through Congress the Real Enemy May be Obama not Iran

Let's say those like Bill Kristol and Tom Cotton who are leading the "kill the deal" charge were to get what the say they want: Congress intervenes to make it impossible for the President to conclude a final agreement with Iran. What exactly do the hawks
Rob Howse 10 Apr 2015 4 min read

Iran: Sanctions and Sequencing, Diplomacy and Distrust

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei has expressed the view today that all sanctions must be limited simultaneously with the signing or conclusion of a final agreement  This seems in tension certainly with the US fact sheet on the parameters arrived at in Lausanne, as well as possibly with Iran&
Rob Howse 09 Apr 2015 3 min read

Are the Prohibited Subsidies Categories Unsound?

This is from law professor Alan Sykes: The prohibited subsidies categories are unsound As noted, import substitution subsidies and export subsidies are automatically “specific” and prohibited under WTO rules (ASCM Article 3). Neither prohibition makes much economic sense. Import substitution subsidies are those “contingent (in whole or in part) upon
Simon Lester 08 Apr 2015 2 min read

If an Appellate Body Report Falls in the Woods ...

If an Appellate Body report falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it have any precedential value?  I ask because the Appellate Body issued a report yesterday, and no one seemed to notice.  Usually, there is at least some brief reporting by Reuters and
Simon Lester 08 Apr 2015 1 min read

Are BITs Really All About Politics?

Here's an excerpt from a paper by U. of Chicago law prof Adam Chilton: Given the limited interest in—and evidence of—the investment benefits of BITs, it is worth reconsidering why the United States actively pursued a BITs program for three decades. I argue that the dominant
Simon Lester 08 Apr 2015 2 min read

A Response to Henry Kissinger and George Shultz on the Iran Deal

In the Wall Street Journal, Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former Secretaries of State, have damned with faint praise the strategy of diplomacy pursued by the Obama Administration with respect to Iran and its nuclear program.  Their bottom line: unless there is an effective grand strategy to address Iran'
Rob Howse 07 Apr 2015 4 min read

WHY ARE APPELLATE BODY REPORTS SO HARD TO READ SOMETIMES?

The more I read Appellate Body Reports, the more I notice (not infrequently) that  when really difficult interpretative issues are at stake, then don’t count on the Appellate Body to make things easier for you. In other words, my impression is that the Appellate Body has developed a series
Marc Benitah 07 Apr 2015 2 min read

Sanctions, Reactors, and Legal Effects: Inventing "Contradictions" Between Washington and Tehran on the JCPOA

A recent story in the New York Post http://bit.ly/1NK55m1 is making a rather sensational claim that Iran's official statement in Farsi about the deal last week on sanctions and nuclear proliferation contradicts in essential respects the State Department's fact sheet, which I discussed
Rob Howse 05 Apr 2015 3 min read

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The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans

This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
16 Mar 2026 4 min read

The Section 301 Surge Is Upon Us: Investigating Excess Capacity and Production

The first of a large batch of expected Section 301 investigations has arrived, as USTR announced yesterday that it was initiating investigations on acts, policies, and practices of various countries/economies "relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors."
12 Mar 2026 3 min read

Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth

Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.
03 Mar 2026 8 min read

Guest Post: Are President Trump’s New Section 122 Tariffs Legal?

This is a guest post from Bryan Riley and Joe Bishop-Henchman. Bryan is Director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union; Joe is Executive Vice President at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation President Trump has issued new 10% tariffs, shortly after raised to 15%, based on Section
24 Feb 2026 6 min read

Section 122 as a (Partial) Replacement for the IEEPA Tariffs

Apparently, this is the era of dusting off old international economic policy statutes and figuring out what they mean and how they work. After the Supreme Court's ruling today in Learning Resources, holding that "IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," we are now
20 Feb 2026 5 min read

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