From the EU response to the Seal Products panel's first set of questions: Question 36 (European Union) The European Union argues in paragraph 261 of its first written submission that if the legitimacy of an objective is established, then a fortiori, the regulatory distinction at issue is also

From the EU response to the Seal Products panel's first set of questions: Question 35 (All parties) In US-COOL, the Appellate Body stated: [S]ome technical regulations that have a de facto detrimental impact on imports may not be inconsistent with Article 2.1 when such impact stems

From the EU response to the Seal Products panel's first set of questions: Question 23 (All parties) Based on Table 1 and specific cells comprising the table, please identify the groups of products to be compared for the purpose of the Panel's analysis of the complainants&

From the EU response to the Seal Products panel's first set of questions: Question 7 (All parties) Please explain your views on the relationship between the TBT Agreement and the GATT 1994 in terms of the non-discrimination obligations and policy justifications addressed in both agreements. For example, can

This is from the U.S. response to a Seal Products panel question: 4. (All third parties) Please explain the extent of the relevance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries to the analysis

The Panel's questions and parties'/third parties' responses in the Seal Products dispute are very interesting.  The U.S. has posted its responses here; the EU's responses are here and here.  (I'm not aware of other parties/third parties posting their responses,

Recently, Argentina's economic nationalism has caused consternation in both trade and investment circles, and there have been a number of trade and investment complaints brought in response to various Argentine government actions.  The trade cases at the WTO are just getting underway; many investment arbitration awards have already

Liesbeth Casier and Tom Moerenhout of IISD have written a short paper on the Renewable Energy/FIT case (DS412,426).  Basically, they are critical of the AB's "benefit" findings, and think the WTO Members should step in to clarify how WTO rules apply to feed-in tariff

I have greatly enjoyed blogging about Pascal Lamy's speeches over the years. He gets into real substance far more than most public officials.  Here are some snippets from his final speech as DG. First, some skepticism on the trend towards regionalism: We also know that behind the headlines

Congressman Sander Levin wants to get tough on Japan if they are going to be part of the TPP talks.  He gets into some details here (from Inside U.S. Trade): III. Current and Future Non-Tariff Barriers (Other than Currency Manipulation) Existing Barriers. Japan will agree to eliminate all existing