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Banning Plastic Bags in Stores

The state of Oregon is considering banning plastic bags in retail stores: Oregon lawmakers will consider whether the state should become the first to pass a ban on plastic bags, a measure recycling advocates believe would trigger a domino effect among other states. A bill co-sponsored by two Republicans and
Simon Lester 06 Feb 2011 1 min read

The End of the Doha Round: Bhagwati/Sutherland Report

The Report is here.  Its title is stark:  The Doha Round:  Setting a Deadline; Defining a Final Deal.  Aside from the fact that the report urges a "realish" deadline of the end of this year, the most striking thing for me was the magnitude of gains from concluding
Trachtman 03 Feb 2011 1 min read

WTI Postdoc Fellowships

I just received this from WTI: Please find below the links of the Post-doc Research Fellowships description. You will find all information concerning the job description as well as the PDF to download on our website. Please feel free to distribute the link to your networks and personal contacts. http:
Trachtman 03 Feb 2011 1 min read

Sausage

The NYT has an interesting op-ed today regarding developments in congressional antics regarding GSP, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Andean Preferences, and the Colombia-US FTA.  I won't try to replicate its description of the linkages among these, which remind us of Bismarck's observation that there are two things
Trachtman 03 Feb 2011 1 min read

Measuring Trade Flows

In the comments, Susan Aaronson says: In the 1/25 Financial Times, World Trade Organization director-general Pascal Lamy argues that the way we calculate trade flows is inaccurate and is exacerbating tension over imbalances. The problem, he says, is an outdated system that assigns a given good only one country
Simon Lester 31 Jan 2011 1 min read

A Better Way to Argue for Free Trade?

In a new Cato Institute paper, Dan Ikenson and Scott Lincicome question the approach taken by many people who argue for free trade, and propose an alternative.  They start things off with a critique of the existing pro-trade arguments: ... in an atmosphere where demagogues peddle myths to mislead the public
Simon Lester 31 Jan 2011 3 min read

National Treatment in the Renco Investor-State Complaint

And here's the final non-discrimination post of the day.  U.S. company Renco Group, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliate Doe Run Peru (DRP), has brought an investor-state claim against Peru under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.  The Notice of Intent to
Simon Lester 27 Jan 2011 2 min read

Non-Discrimination under GATT Article III:2, first sentence

Here's the third non-discrimination post of the day.  Looking over the U.S. responses to the Panel's questions in Philippines - Spirits (DS396/403), it was striking how little discussion of intent/effect issues there was, in comparison with Clove Cigarettes and Tuna, the subject of
Simon Lester 27 Jan 2011 1 min read

National Treatment: Imports from Complainant versus All Imports

For today's non-discrimination post number 2, here's something from the U.S. - Tuna II (DS381) panel's questions to the U.S.: 149. To the United States: You have referred to the treatment afforded to “imported products” under the measures in the context of
Simon Lester 27 Jan 2011 1 min read

The Role of Effect in Non-Discrimination: The Clove Cigarettes Case

There's so much to say about the non-discrimination issue right now that I'm not quite sure where to begin.  I've got four posts here today, and for DSC subscribers I also did one on the DSC blog for the Tuna case.  To start things
Simon Lester 27 Jan 2011 2 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 Foreign Antitrust Enforcement "Discriminatory" and "Anti-American"?

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust 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

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