Thank you for your comment in response to my post. Here is my reply. First of all, according to this news article  http://bit.ly/ZEQiAs the Chair Mr. Bashir has admitted that some Members gave five preferences.  Secondly, the EU has, to my knowledge issued no denial that it

Here also I have no really strong theory (and no leads this time).  Though I wonder how close Blanco and Jonathan Fried became when they were negotiating NAFTA.  Each was the chief negotiator for their own country-strong loyalties can be cemented that way, especially when the talks are successful.  I

One of the issues I didn't address in my previous posts on the irregularities alleged by Kenya in the WTO DG selection process, is why the EU would want to subvert the process to keep African candidates out of the race.  The reason is that I didn'

An examination of the relevant WTO document http://bit.ly/16SQhPy shows that Kenya has a pretty clear-cut case that procedures were violated when the EU was allowed to express five preferences in the first round of DG selection, such that it could effectively ensure the elimination of African candidates

This is from the second EU written submission in the Seal Products case: The legal standard under Articles I:1 and III:4 of the GATT 1994 and Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement with respect to their non-discrimination obligations is fundamentally the same In support of this view,

According to this news article http://bit.ly/14zrBNB, Kenya has sent a strongly worded letter to the Chair of the WTO General Council alleging specific irregularities in the round one selection process that resulted in both African candidates, including the impressive Kenyan Amina Mohamed, being eliminated from the race.

I always thought of a "local content requirement" as a requirement that a producer ensure that a certain percentage of inputs in the production process come from local sources. But USTR seems to be using the term differently: APEC Breaking Ground on Local Content Requirements Ahead of High-Level

The Mandela Institute is a leading university Centre concerned with research and capacity building in the area of global economic law. It also runs the programme of continuing legal education of the Wits School of Law. The research and teaching thrusts of the Mandela Institute are dynamic, have an African

This is from a supporter of the UN Arms Trade Treaty: Importantly, the treaty would not force anything new upon the United States or upon American companies, because federal laws and regulations already require United States arms manufacturers to comply with a comprehensive export control system, one designed to keep

This is from the recently completed Iceland-China FTA: Article 122 Private Rights Neither Party may provide for a right of action under its domestic law against the other Party on the ground that a measure of the other Party is inconsistent with this Agreement. The suggestion is that there is