The recently reported Russian prohibition on seal fur imports adds an important element of context for the EU’s dispute with Canada and Norway over its seal products ban.   The details of the Russian ban are in this WTO document:  http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/table1_

Buried in the last paragraph of a NY Times article on the China - Raw Materials case, I saw this: Western governments have periodically considered filing an international trade case against nations in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for limiting oil exports. But they have refrained from filing, having concluded

In the China - Raw Materials appeal (the AB report, circulated today, is here), China argued that "Article XX of the GATT 1994 is available as a defence to China in relation to export duties found to be inconsistent with China's obligations under Paragraph 11.3 of China&

I'm still thinking about the difference between "technical regulation" and "standard" in the U.S. - Tuna dispute.  Here's my latest thought.  Once again, let me quote the relevant language.  The TBT Agreement defines "technical regulation" and "standard" as

From Thursday's Republican Presidential nomination debate: RODRIGUEZ: Yes, good evening. The U.S. has been largely away in its foreign and trade policy with Latin America. In the meantime, Iran and China have been increasing their influence over an involvement in Latin America through the leftist and left-

Via Sallie James of Cato, I see that blogger Matt Yglesias points out the following in President Obama's State of the Union speech: ... After lambasting companies that “ship jobs overseas,” Obama launched into a feel-good anecdote about how “Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte and

I've been saying this over and over, so I won't say it anymore.  Instead, I'll quote Hunter Nottage and Alejandro Sánchez of the ACWL, from a new Global Trade and Customs Journal article: The US-Tuna II report tackled a range of novel interpretative

Recalling the discussion in two previous posts (here and here), I'm still trying to sort out what I think of the issue of whether the labelling measure in U.S. - Tuna II is a "technical regulation." The TBT Agreement defines "technical regulation" and "

This week's Economist has a lot to say about state capitalism.  It made the cover of the magazine, and they have a big report on it, as well an overview here. I'm not sure what to make of it all.  On the one hand, they note

From an article on the WTO Aircraft dispute, by law student Ron Kendler, in the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review (article starts on p. 253): As history shows, this is not the first time that the two parties come to the brink of a trade war over LCA: