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Trade in Everything: Medical Marijuana Without the High

Even though marijuana has been legalized here and there, it may be a while before it is traded internationally. But what if there is a new kind of marijuana, one that relieves pain without the high? This is from the Washington Post: In a greenhouse in the mountains of the

Implementing the Seal Products Decision

The European Commission has put forward a proposal for implementing the WTO Seal Products decision. Here's the Commission's summary of the proposal: With regard to the MRM exception, the contested discriminatory treatment can only be remedied by removing the MRM exception from the Basic Regulation as

The CAFTA Labor Complaint: "in a manner affecting trade between the Parties”

As discussed here, one key issue in the U.S. claim against Guatemala under the CAFTA labor provisions is whether that failure to enforce labor laws was done "in a manner affecting trade between the Parties." In its written submission, Guatemala criticizes the U.S. view of this

The CAFTA Labor Dispute: Guatemala's Submission

USTR has posted Guatemala's first written submission in the labor complaint the U.S. brought against Guatemala. (Thanks to Ryan Rainey of Inside US Trade for the tip). There are some interesting issues in there. I'll mention a couple. Role of precedent from other areas of

Call for Papers: Sociological Inquiries into International Law II (Toronto, 9-10 October 2015)

Call for Papers Sociological Inquiries into International Law II 9-10 October 2015 Workshop Theme A growing community of scholars is bringing international law into conversation with sociological research and theory. Major developments over the past years have come from studies across all subfields of international law, from human rights

Is International Law under Assault?

Over at Opinio Juris, there's a post about a new book by Jens David Ohlin, called The Assault on International Law. Here's the publisher's description: International law presents a conceptual riddle. Why comply with it when there is no world government to enforce it?

IS BAN ON FOIE GRAS AN INGREDIENT OR A PROCESS REQUIREMENT?

This blog has previously discussed California’s ban on foie gras. When teaching WTO law at Stanford in 2012 -- the year the ban entered into force -- I even used the ban as my mid-term exam question! Turns out that on January 7, a US district court judge passed summary

Tell It To the ISDS Judge

This is from UK business secretary Vince Cable, in remarks at a recent cabinet meeting: Cable acknowledged there have been fears and some myths that US corporates would take the UK to secret tribunals unless all services are privatised under TTIP, but he told colleagues that a reformed investor-state

The Tuna Article 21.5 Dispute

You may have forgotten it was even going on, but lingering out there, waiting to be dissected and analyzed, is the Article 21.5 dispute in U.S. - Tuna II. This should be a very interesting test of whether an environmental measure that affects imports can be implemented in a

Qualified Local Content Requirements

Senator Al Franken recently sponsored an amendment to proposed legislation approving the Keystone pipeline that would require the pipeline be built with only American steel and other inputs. Specifically, the amendment stated: "to the maximum extent consistent with the obligations of the United States under international trade agreements, none