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Cato Events: TPP and WTO

Last week, I mentioned a Cato event on the TPP, on Sep 20 (register here: http://www.cato.org/events/trans-pacific-partnership-race-finish-or-long-slog-ahead).  Well, we also have an event on Oct 2 called "The WTO and the Uncertain Future of Multilateralism."  It features former WTO DG Michael Moore; former WTO
Simon Lester 11 Sep 2013 1 min read

WTO Academy 2013

From my friends at Georgetown's Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL), here is some information about their WTO Academy, a week long course that runs from Nov 18 to 22 this year: The Academy is an intensive professional development program on the law and policy of the World
Simon Lester 10 Sep 2013 1 min read

Trade Law Work for China MOFCOM

From the folks at MOFCOM, here is a Bidding Announcement for MOFCOM's Law Firm Pool for WTO and RTA work: As required by Government Procurement Law of P.R.China, Ministry of Commerce will establish Candidate List of Law Firms by public bidding. And MOFCOM will select the
Simon Lester 10 Sep 2013 1 min read

Azevedo's Funeral Oration for the WTO

True, by billing Roberto Azevedo's speech today as a "vision speech," high expectations were set.  Yet even against modest expectations, the result was dismal.  I like Azevedo and I admire his statements about transparency and inclusiveness.  I feel the sincerity of his commitment.  But he has
Rob Howse 09 Sep 2013 1 min read

More on Free Trade in Environmental Goods

This proposal related to free trade in environmental goods, from Sweden's National Board of Trade, may be more politically palatable than the one I recently put forward:
Simon Lester 09 Sep 2013 1 min read

Email Wars?

Last week, I mentioned Brazilian requirements for local data storage.  What does everyone think about this new proposal out of Brazil to create an email competitor to the major U.S. email providers: The Brazilian government is planning to develop a national email system that is protected from the sort
Simon Lester 09 Sep 2013 1 min read

Azevedo's vision for the WTO-We'll know soon.

On Monday, at 1030 am Geneva time, Roberto Azevedo is apparently going to set out his vision for the WTO in a live webcast from headquarters.    Even if I don't manage to get up that early (430 am in NYC) to hear the whole thing live, I'
Rob Howse 07 Sep 2013 1 min read

Requirements for Local Data Storage

From the Washington Post: The [Brazilian] government is now introducing changes in the project that are quite problematic. One of them mandates that companies that store any type of Brazilian data have their servers physically located in Brazil. The idea of the government is that having the servers here will
Simon Lester 06 Sep 2013 1 min read

Some TPP and Tobacco Articles: Should There be a "Carve-Out"?

-- The WSJ:  "The entire point of free-trade negotiations is to remove these political obstacles to investment and the movement of goods across borders. The tobacco carve-out is especially counterproductive because its economic importance is so small. The Obama Administration shouldn't let anti-smoking activists interfere with America&
Simon Lester 06 Sep 2013 1 min read

TPP Event on September 20

As you may have heard, we are now in the TPP "end game."  What does that mean exactly?  Will we have a completed TPP by the end of the year, as some have indicated?  Or will the pace be more Doha-like? For those of you in the DC
Simon Lester 05 Sep 2013 1 min read

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