Many of you have probably noticed a new WorldTradeLaw.net web site.  Some aspects of the site are free for everyone, so I thought I'd mention one particular issue here on this blog:  How to link to PDF versions of WTO DS documents on the site. On the

This is from Inside U.S. Trade ($): Representatives of two U.S. regulatory agencies yesterday (June 24) expressed varying degrees of skepticism toward the idea of expanded regulatory cooperation with the European Union under a U.S.-EU trade deal, and raised fears that an agreement could slow down their

This morning in Florence I presented a very rough version of a paper I'm working on about food security post-Bali.  As followers of this site will recall, thanks to India holding firm, the interim solution on food security contains a peace clause that precludes dispute settlement complaints

There are two new pieces on ISDS that are very good, one from UNCTAD and one from ECIPE.  Both have lots of good data on ISDS cases.  I'll let the data speak for itself, but I wanted to comment on the ECIPE piece, which is authored by Roderick

The next House majority leader, Representative Kevin McCarthy, has recently shocked the U.S. business community by stating that he would oppose the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank being reauthorized in the fall.  He said that “one of the biggest problems of government is they go and take

From Wednesday's DSB meeting: * With respect to the non-discrimination claims under Articles I and III of the GATT 1994, the findings by the Panel and Appellate Body are more troubling. * In particular, we are not fully persuaded by the Appellate Body’s finding that the national treatment

From my friends at Sidley: Sidley Austin LLP cordially invites you to a book launch seminar and reception on the occasion of the publication of WTO Disciplines on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Balancing Policy Space and Legal Constraints (Cambridge University Press, 2014) by Dr. Dominic Coppens More information on the

The other day I mentioned the EU WTO complaint regarding "sequencing" of DSU Article 21.5 and 22 in the Clove Cigarettes case.  The EU consultations request is here. The EU is upset that Indonesia pursued the case by going directly to DSU Article 22.2 for suspension

From Inside U.S. Trade, this is Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talking food labelling in the EU and U.S.: Vilsack also seemed to urge a rethink of an EU law that requires food containing more than 0.9 percent GMO-derived product to be labeled as such. While hinting

From the Washington Post: The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans.” The landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was