The recent “Asian Economic Integration Monitor” (November 2014) published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) calls for “unilateral multilateralization” of various trade preferences from preexisting FTAs.  Obviously, this will be a nirvana to most global businesses traversing global value chains, if it ever transpires.  Then, they could avoid enormous transaction

The European Commission and the Germans have met on ISDS, and see a way forward for CETA: Only small changes can be made to an investment protection clause in a trade pact between Canada and the European Union, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said on Monday (10 November). "There

From TDM: Call for papers: TDM Special Issue on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA) http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=550 Herfried Wöss, Fabien Gélinas, Andrea Bjorklund, and John Gaffney will be editing a TDM Special Issue on the Comprehensive Economic

It seems the full text of the WTO deal between India and the US is not yet publicly available.  In these circumstances, it is difficult to clear up confusion about what the next steps are toward getting Bali back on track.  As I mentioned in my previous post, some news

From CBC news: The Alberta government is banning the sale of some flavoured tobacco products in a bid to curb youth smoking -- but is still allowing the sale of menthol cigarettes. Health Minister Stephen Mandel defended the exclusion, saying that Alberta needs to "deal with the realities of

India's blockage of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, even after having won a hard-fought battle for a peace clause on food security at Bali, has not only threatened further progress toward renewing the World Trade Organization; it is also a story replete with political posturing on many sides,

I know that Simon and others have discussed the question of the applicability of GATT Article XX to provide an exception to prohibitions in the SCM Agreement, for example here.  Why is this issue not resolved by SCM 32.1, which states "No specific action against a subsidy of

Assuming we get a TPP at some point, do we need to create a Secretariat to administer it?  This is from Politico: A final TPP agreement may be months from conclusion and could take longer to go into force. But supporters are already fretting about how the monstrous trade deal

Those readers who find themselves in or near London on Monday November 24 may find this event at the LSE of interest: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: implications for multilateral economic integration The EU's Chief Negotiator for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and a prominent former

This was probably inevitable: WESTMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent's Country Store, but maybe not for much longer: All tobacco products could become contraband if local health officials get