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China Currency Issues: Is Anything Ever Going to Happen?

Reuters reports: The Obama administration declined to label China a currency manipulator in a long-delayed report on Thursday ... OK, so Congress is definitely going to act now, right? "This report is as disappointing as it is unsurprising," U.S. Senator Charles Schumer , a Democrat, declared. "It'

China Moves Up the Economic Ladder

From the AP: Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor. A series of strikes over the past two months have been a rude wakeup call for

WTO Boeing Panel Report Delayed

From AFP: The World Trade Organization has decided to delay until September at the latest the release of its ruling on European complaints over US subsidies for aerospace giant Boeing, the EU said Thursday. "The European Commission is extremely disappointed to learn of this additional delay into the issuing

Nicolas Diebold on Non-Discrimination

I'm going to try to come back to this for more detailed analysis when I have more time, but at first glance I really like this non-discrimination paper (from the SIEL conference going on right now) by Nicolas Diebold. Here's a brief excerpt: ... Pauwelyn argued that

More on EU Investment Policy: The Commission's Thoughts on Investor-State

As mentioned in the last post, a European Commission policy paper and draft regulation on investment policy were on their way. They are now available here and here. Here's what the policy paper says about investor-state: (d) Enforcing investment commitments Ensuring the effective enforceability of investment provisions is

Coming Soon: An EU Investment Policy

The European Commission announces the following today: The European Commission today took the first step towards a comprehensive European international investment policy with two initiatives. A policy paper lays out how the new EU competence on foreign direct investment can be used to boost competitiveness and trade resulting in growth

Trade in Everything: Serbian Football (Soccer) Coaches

From Emmanuel at IPE Zone: Somewhat overlooked, however, was the role played by Ghana's Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac. When it comes to coaches plying their trade internationally, few compare to the Serbians' drive for adventure. There is something innately curious at work here, so much so that

The Aircraft Report: Debating the Role of International Law

From the Interim Review section of the Aircraft report: 6.20 According to the United States, the last sentence of paragraph 7.46 of the Interim Report may be read to suggest that the Panel is applying Article 28 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) as

The Aircraft Report: Debating the Role of Precedent

This is from the Interim Review section of the Aircraft report: 6.26 The United States requests that the first sentence of paragraph 7.248 of the Interim Report be modified to remove any suggestion that reports of the Appellate Body are binding except with respect to resolving the particular

Speaking of Subsidies

This is from President Obama's weekly address: ... today, I’m announcing that the Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies. The first is Abengoa Solar, a company that has agreed to build one of the largest solar plants in the