One of Canada's key contentions in the WTO Seals dispute is that the indigenous exception in the EU ban is lacking in evenhandedness, favoring Greenland seal products over Canadian products.  The exception is de jure neutral and available to indigenous products regardless of origin.  But Canada has maintained

Tons of money flowed from the government (tax payers’ money!) to large banks in the United States and Europe to fight against financial crises.  The IMF has recently issued a report in which it calculated the size of such bailouts as well as proposed some reform agendas.  Interestingly, the IMF

This is from economics reporter Peter Martin: And now Australia has said no to an ISDS in its free trade agreement with Japan. The agreement will be better and simpler because of it. Some details of the agreement are here, but the full text is not out yet. Australia is

Today the DC Circuit vacated (per curiam) its previous three-judge panel decision on March 28 (American Meat Institute v. Dep’t of Agriculture, No. 13-5281, Slip Op. at 14, n.1 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 28, 2014), and decided to rehear this case en banc.  (See also Andrew

The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade held a workshop on ISDS on Tuesday. I had a little trouble viewing the recorded video, but try these links. I was particularly interested in the response given by Rupert Schlegelmilch of the European Commission to the question, "Where is

A guest post by Aik Hoe Lim and Bart De Meester [1]: Recent disputes concerning Article 2.2 of the TBT Agreement – in particular US - Tuna II (Mexico) and US - Clove Cigarettes – have focused attention on measures that, even when not discriminatory, may constitute barriers to trade in goods. The

Daniel Ikenson (Cato Institute) made an insightful observation in a blog post (“WTO Indictment of Chinese Export Restrictions Unearths U.S. Hypocrisy”).  Here are some excerpts from his post. “During the last decade (2000-2009), four out of every five antidumping measures (79.4%) were imposed on imported intermediate goods.

From the FT last week: Mr De Gucht said the negotiations to create what would be the world’s biggest free trade zone would be at risk if an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism was not part of the proposed deal. “I doubt it,” he responded when asked if the

From a ruling last week on the U.S. COOL measure by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit: What then are the government interests here? AMI argues that the rule merely satisfies consumers’ curiosity. But we can see non-frivolous values advanced by the information. Obviously