Simon our leader just pointed out to me that Chelliah was also on the Tuna/Dolphin III panel (she replaced one of the originally named panelists who passed away during the proceedings). The Tuna/Dolphin finding that there was no violation by the US of non-discrimination in TBT (Article 2.

The panelists are: Luzius Wasescha, Elizabeth Chelliah, and Patricia Holmes. Wasescha, a familiar name to many who follow this blog, is a senior Swiss trade official, who has held numerous important positions and served on several WTO panels.  He has an academic training in law and (some years ago) wrote

Article : Transparency and Public Participation in the WTO: A Report Card on WTO Transparency Mechanisms, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 19 (2012) [available here] Authors : Gabrielle Marceau & Mikella Hurley Reply by Gabrielle Marceau I agree with the comments of Robert Wolfe and there is not much to add.

We learned about the Australia High Court's plain packaging decision a couple months ago, but now we have the reasoning.  I've only just skimmed through it.  There's a lot in there, for those who are interested either in this case or these property rights

This is from the leaked Regulatory Coherence chapter of the TPP: Each Party should ensure that covered regulatory measures are plainly written, clear, concise, well organized and easy to understand, recognizing that some measures address technical issues and that relevant expertise may be needed to understand and apply them. OK,

Article : Transparency and Public Participation in the WTO: A Report Card on WTO Transparency Mechanisms, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 19 (2012) [available here] Authors : Gabrielle Marceau & Mikella Hurley Comment by Robert Wolfe This paper is an outstanding description and analysis of the openness of the WTO dispute

Article: Transparency and Public Participation in the WTO: A Report Card on WTO Transparency Mechanisms, 4(1) Trade, L. & Dev. 19 (2012) [available here] Authors: Gabrielle Marceau & Mikella Hurley Introduction to the Article, by Prateek Bhattacharya Transparency has become (if it was not always) the grundnorm in the

The journal Trade, Law and Development recently published its Special Issue on Dispute Settlement at the WTO (available here). I'm going to work with them to conduct an online symposium here on this blog. Here's how it's going to work.  The symposium will comprise

For those in the DC area, Cato will be holding a policy forum on subsidies, on Oct. 9.  Here are all the details: Countervailing Calamity: How to Stop the Global Subsidies Race POLICY FORUM Tuesday, October 9, 2012 4:00 PM (Reception To Follow) Featuring Tim Carney, Washington Examiner; Scott