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

By executive order today, President Obama established the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center.  Its purpose: Mission and Functions. The Center shall: (a) serve as the primary forum within the Federal Government for USTR and other agencies to coordinate enforcement of U.S. trade rights under international trade agreements and enforcement of

From a report entitled "Enough is Enough: Confronting Chinese Innovation Mercantilism," by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation: Empower U.S. Firms to Defend Their Collective Interests Against Chinese Mercantilism The federal government also needs to empower U.S. firms to more effectively defend their interest when dealing

As I've mentioned before, investor-state provisions in the KORUS FTA remain controversial.  But it seems that investor-state is not a problem in other contexts: Five years of negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty among Korea, China and Japan will be concluded at the 13th round of talks in

USTR is looking for someone to head up its trade litigation: Job Title:Assistant US Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement Department:Executive Office Of The President Job Announcement Number:USTR-12-07-ES-KJ SALARY RANGE: $119,554.00 to $165,300.00 / Per Year OPEN PERIOD: Monday, February 06, 2012 to Tuesday,

Here's the text of H.R. 4071, a proposed bill that would overturn the GPX decision and allow the Department of Commerce to apply CVDs to NME countries: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply

Following-up on Rob's last post, on a possible WTO complaint by Canada relating to an EU regulation on "dirty" oil, here is an op-ed on the same issue from Canadian lawyer Lawrence Herman: There’s a fundamental WTO legal issue at stake [here]. It concerns the

Canada never ceases to think of the WTO as the last resort for defending some of the worst aspects of its public policies. Usually, Europeans are the target.  There was asbestos, then more recently, seals and now they are rattling the WTO sabres about the oilsands.  The EU is considering

Since I found out about it recently, it has seemed to me that there is not enough commentary, blogging, scholarship, etc. about Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade.  Maybe there's lots of it, and I'm just not looking in the right places, but I haven&

Lawrence Friedman explains the CIT's latest decision in a case involving different tariff rates for men's and women's gloves: Once the Court reached the conclusion that the tariff is not facially discriminatory, the burden on the plaintiff is much higher. Simply showing that the