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Guest Post: EFTA-India TEPA: Breaking New Ground

This is a guest post by Rohan, a PhD student at the Graduate Institute India and the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) signed a comprehensive Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on 10th March, 2024 after a long process of negotiations that started in 2008. Notably, two disciplines
Simon Lester 24 Mar 2024 6 min read

Is Section 301 the Right Remedy for Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies?

In the Section 301 petition recently filed by a group of unions, the petitioners argued that "Section 301 provides an appropriate mechanism for addressing China’s policies in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector." They offer three reasons for this: First, traditional trade remedies are not available to
Simon Lester 19 Mar 2024 2 min read

Katherine Tai on Online Business Models and Digital Regulation

U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai spoke recently at a SeedAI event and had some interesting things to say about both online business models and digital trade regulation. I'll start with a quote that reflects what she has said many times about sorting out domestic digital regulation before
Simon Lester 18 Mar 2024 5 min read

Did NAFTA Push White Male Social Conservatives to the Republican Party?

This is the abstract of a new paper titled "Local Economic and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA", which argues that many "white, less educated voters left the Democratic Party" due to NAFTA: Why have white, less-educated voters left the Democratic Party? We
Simon Lester 17 Mar 2024 3 min read

Guest Post: Back from the WTO MC13 – A brief report and some remarks from four scholars who were in Abu Dhabi

This is a guest post by several people from the Research Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada: Carla Gomez, Ph.D. Researcher; Antoine Comont, Ph.D. Researcher; Van Anh Ly, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Research Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization;
Simon Lester 11 Mar 2024 10 min read

Let Them Eat Cake? Reflections on the Labor Provisions in the New India-EFTA Agreement

I’ve never understood the expression: they want to have their cake and eat it too. Who on this planet wants to hold onto a piece of cake and not eat it?!? I was at a birthday party this weekend, and my 5-year-old asked me to hold his
Desiree LeClercq 10 Mar 2024 4 min read

Mexico Invokes Public Morals, Exhaustible Natural Resources, Indigenous Peoples Exceptions in GE Corn USMCA Dispute

Mexico's initial written submission in the GE Corn USMCA dispute was recently posted. The English public version is here. There's a lot in there and I'm not going to go through it all in this post. I just thought it was worth noting quickly
Simon Lester 09 Mar 2024 4 min read

Resolving the Biden Administration's Internal Debate on International Digital Rules, and Reengaging in Negotiations

I've already made these points for the trade policy crowd, but I have now tried to make my pitch on a way forward for the Biden administration on international digital trade rules slightly more accessible (i.e., without so many blockquotes of international legal texts!). Below are some
Simon Lester 07 Mar 2024 3 min read

Katherine Tai on USMCA Dispute Settlement and the USMCA Six Year Review

At a Brookings event yesterday, Josh Meltzer of Brookings had some interesting exchanges with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on USMCA dispute settlement and the USMCA six year review. Here's the one on dispute settlement: Meltzer: What I'd like to do is ask you a
Simon Lester 07 Mar 2024 8 min read

Conversations at WTO Ministerial Side Events: Subsidy Races and Trade Remedies

As part of the WTO Ministerial Conference last week, there were some side events going on. I was watching one called "Business Forum at MC13" and came across some interesting discussion of subsidy races and trade remedies. The question that kicked off the subsidy race discussion was about
Simon Lester 03 Mar 2024 3 min read

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Governments Make Their Case Against Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs

Last month, USTR made a determination in its Section 301 investigation into "Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor."
10 Jul 2026 5 min read

How Should the EU Get Tough with China? Unilateral Action vs. WTO Complaints

I've seen several recent calls for the EU to get tougher in its economic relations with China, along with arguments that it has been too slow to act against the Chinese economic threat.
06 Jul 2026 4 min read

Trump Administration Decides Not To Extend USMCA for Another Term: What Does That Mean Exactly?

Today, as part of the first joint review of the USMCA, the three governments held a virtual meeting.
01 Jul 2026 4 min read

Competing Views of Sovereignty: The Haves vs. The Have Nots in AI (and Steel)

It's interesting to watch how political leaders craft narratives around economic competition that reflect their own country's strengths and weaknesses.
29 Jun 2026 4 min read

A law of many meanings: Exchange Actions under the GATT and IMF

Earlier this week, Simon Lester posted about the EU’s concerns with the undervaluation of the Chinese currency. He situated the recent demands for trade restrictions against a longstanding debate about the function of GATT Article XV:4.
25 Jun 2026 8 min read

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