Former Biden administration official Peter Harrell recently argued that with regard to reform of China's economic practices (and political system), the original plan was to hope that economic ties would be enough, but when that didn't work the Trump administration imposed tariffs for this purpose: For

This is from SIEL: The Ninth Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will take place on 9-11 July 2025 in Taipei (Taiwan), in collaboration with National Taiwan University (NTU). SIEL’s Ninth Biennial Global Conference will be in person and address the pressures of escalating

This is a guest post from Goran Dominioni, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University  International maritime transport is the lifeblood of the global economy, accounting for about 80 percent of international trade (by volume). In July 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the UN agency that

This is a guest post from Luca Rubini, Senior Research Fellow in International Law, University of Turin This brief post has been triggered by yesterday’s delivery of the Opinion of Advocate General Capeta in the Fiberglass case currently pending before the European Court of Justice. The key legal issue

If you are a trade remedies expert contemplating a career change, here's a great opportunity: The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill a position of Director to lead the Rules Division. The Rules Division is responsible for all aspects of WTO work, legal and technical, in

By now, many will have heard that the first panel constituted under the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) recently completed its determination as to whether there has been a Denial of Rights at the San Martín mine.  At the moment, we are waiting for the public release of the