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Restricting Added Sugar in Fruit Juice: Health Measure or Trade "Barrier"?

From an EU Council decision from last week: The new directive incorporates the current industry practice of not adding sugars to fruit juices. As from the date of application of the new rules (i.e. 18 months after their entry into force), the addition of sugars to fruit juices will
Simon Lester 12 Mar 2012 1 min read

CVDs and Double Counting

So now that the CVD-NME bill has passed the House and Senate, and presumably will become law soon, I have a question about CVDs and double counting in relation to market economies. As explained here, under the legislation, there is a procedure for how respondents can get AD duties reduced
Simon Lester 06 Mar 2012 1 min read

Australia, Investor-State and the TPP

From the Sydney Morning Herald: [TPP] talks have entered troubled waters over investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses. These typically give businesses from one country power to take international legal action against the government of another, over agreement breaches. The clauses are included in many multilateral and bilateral free-trade agreements. But
Simon Lester 06 Mar 2012 1 min read

What Will the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center Be Enforcing?

A couple weeks ago, Reuters had this to say about the proposed Interagency Trade Enforcement Center: Acting Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank said $24 million of the new funding would go to the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration (ITA) and the remaining $2 million to the U.S.
Simon Lester 06 Mar 2012 1 min read

GSP and Investor-State

Via a Luke Peterson tweet, I see this from Reuters: The United States could soon suspend trade benefits for Argentina because of that country's failure to pay awards in two long-running investment disputes with U.S. companies, a U.S. trade official said on Monday. "We hope
Simon Lester 06 Mar 2012 1 min read

Reporting on Investment Arbitrations

Speaking of part-time jobs for grad students (and others), as I was in the last post, my friend Luke Peterson is also looking for someone: Freelance researchers/reporters wanted Investment Arbitration Reporter is looking for one or more individuals to join our small team of specialized journalists. Our contributors are
Simon Lester 04 Mar 2012 1 min read

Editorial Assistant Position with the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL)

From the JIEL: Editorial Assistant Position with the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) Professor John H. Jackson, University Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center, is currently collecting recommendations or applications from persons who might wish to take on the position of Editorial Assistant to the Journal of International
Simon Lester 02 Mar 2012 1 min read

The CIT and Inconsistent Zeroing

Recall from these two posts that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled last year that the Department of Commerce can't take an inconsistent approach to zeroing -- no zeroing in investigations, but zeroing in administrative reviews -- without a good reason. The
Simon Lester 02 Mar 2012 1 min read

Double Remedies and the New CVD-NME Bill

Scott Lincicome points to the new CVD-NME legislation, as well as a summary, that has been in the news today. In this post, I'm going to talk briefly about how the legislation deals with the "double remedies" issue, in relation to the Appellate Body's
Simon Lester 29 Feb 2012 5 min read

Investment Provision Lobbying in the TPP

From a group of economists: We, the undersigned economists, write to you regarding the capital transfers provisions in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). We are concerned that if recent U.S. treaties are used as the model for the TPPA, the agreement will unduly limit the authority of participating
Simon Lester 28 Feb 2012 3 min read

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Jamieson Greer on the 30 Year Aberration in U.S. Trade Policy

When he was in Davos last week for the World Economic Forum, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer talked a bit about U.S. trade policy history and described a recent period during which, in his view, U.S. trade policy shifted away from tariffs/protectionism and towards free trade.
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Is this the end of MFN as we know it? The EU submission on WTO reform and the meaning of development

With the release of the EU submission on WTO reform, it has become clear that the MFN principle’s central role within the WTO architecture is under challenge. As a keystone, it risks the entire bridge falling. Even if the foundations are retained but deemed outdated or unusable, and a
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Can "Geopolitical" Tariffs Be Dealt With through Trade Deals?

Last Friday, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer was asked about Trump's initial suggestion of tariffs related to the goal of taking over Greenland
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Is Foreign Antitrust Enforcement "Discriminatory" and "Anti-American"?

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and AntitrustĀ held a hearing in December on "Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses." There was a lot of talk at the hearing about how foreign regulations and regulators "discriminate" against American companies.
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Pennsylvania Court Finds Mexican Government Guilty of "Discrimination" Due To Its Subsidies

I'm always interested in how courts apply the concept of "discrimination" in the context of international trade, so I've been eagerly awaiting a Pennsylvania court decision in a case against Mexico.
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