Looking for a young and dynamic colleague to join the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.  International economic law is one of four possible fields of specialization.  Guess which field I am pushing for? This is a really unique opening for someone focused on international trade, investment,

A while back, I wondered what would happen to NAFTA Chapter 19 if the TPP comes into effect.  I can't imagine they would create a TPP equivalent.  But will it get phased out through the TPP, or will that part of the NAFTA be carried over? More significantly,

I'm always hearing about how the TTIP is finally going to address those regulatory trade barriers we have been ignoring all these years.  In general, I'm a bit skeptical: Regulatory trade barriers have been on the agenda of trade negotiations since at least the late 1920s.

Today’s NY Times article (“Solar Rises in Malaysia During Trade Wars Over Panels”) covers a recent solar panel manufacturing boom in Malaysia, due in no small part to the U.S. trade remedies against Chinese solar panels.  The Commerce Department is mulling imposing tariffs on all solar panels “assembled”

Just a quick reminder from the Appellate Body, buried in a footnote in Monday's U.S. - Carbon Steel (India) report, that it still hasn't told us what it thinks of the mandatory/discretionary distinction: 1144 We note that the Appellate Body has "not, as

From a blog post by Google: But sadly, as a result of a new Spanish law, we’ll shortly have to close Google News in Spain. Let me explain why. This new legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from

Simon Evenett and Alejandro Jara have a piece at vox criticizing the "settlements" in U.S. - Cotton Subsidies and U.S. - Clove Cigarettes.  Here's an excerpt: During October 2014 two WTO disputes were settled in an extraordinary manner: In both cases the US largely

As we all know, most WTO complaints are successful.  I've got the figures at about 90% for cases in which at least one violation is found. So what happens in those cases where the complaint did not succeed?  What are the various reasons that complaints fail? I can&

A criticism I hear a lot is that the Obama adminstration is not doing enough on trade, in particular in relation to domestic trade politics.  Not having worked in this area, I have trouble evaluating this argument.  How much are they actually doing?  How much should they be doing?  What

By the way, if you want to read more about DSU Article 3.10, which played a key role in the Peru - Agricultural Products panel report Joost described yesterday, see this recent paper by Bregt Natens and Sidonie Descheemaeker: Say it Loud, Say it Clear — Article 3.10 DSU’