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Russia and the WTO

A debate in Foreign Policy over Russia's WTO accession. From Anders Aslund and Fred Bergsten Russia has never been closer to WTO accession. The remaining hurdles are modest: sanitary rules for U.S. exports of chicken and pork, limits on future agricultural subsidies, rules for encryption, regulation of

The International Law of Free Markets

In a field full of free market supporters (certainly not everyone, but a good number), I think I am one of the most free market oriented. (I don't even mind being called a "free market fundamentalist," even though I realize it is meant as an insult!

More On Dissents

This time dissents at the domestic level. Here's a question from the Panel in the U.S. - Tyres Safeguards (DS399) WTO dispute: Q8. What weight, if any, should the Panel give to the fact that there were two dissenting opinions within the USITC on causation? As background,

Zeroing and the Role of Precedent

From the U.S. first written submission in the U.S. - Anti-Dumping Measures on Orange Juice (Brazil) (DS382) dispute (another "zeroing" case): 30. While prior adopted panel and Appellate Body reports create legitimate expectations among WTO Members,18 the Panel in this dispute is not bound to

ASIL Call for Papers

The ASIL's International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) has put out its Call for Papers for the 2010 Biennial Interest Group Conference. The theme: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW IN A TIME OF CHANGE: REASSESSING LEGAL THEORY, DOCTRINE, METHODOLOGY AND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS. The conference will be at the University of

Weekend Yuan Developments

As many people have probably heard already, China said over the weekend that it would allow some "flexibility" in the yuan's value. Some key passages from the central bank's announcement: In view of the recent economic situation and financial market developments at home and

Mitchell and Voon on the WTO and Health

From Andrew Mitchell and Tania Voon, Implications of the World Trade Organization in Combating Non-Communicable Diseases, on SSRN. From the abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a number of strategies to combat non-communicable diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes, by targeting the risk

Colares on International Monetary Reform

From Juscelino Colares, Global Imbalances and Liquidity-Induced Bubbles: The Need for International Monetary Reform, posted on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Economic analyses vary with respect to the extent to which deregulation contributed to the financial crisis of 2008-2009, but coalesce on one major cause: excessive leverage and risk-taking.

Gus Van Harten on Investment Treaties

From Gus Van Harten, Five Justifications for Investment Treaties: A Critical Discussion, posted on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The article examines five common justifications for the investment treaty system in order to highlight aspects of the system that give cause for concern. First, it examines whether investment treaties

An EU Model BIT?

From a recent EU DG Trade civil society meeting on trade and investment: Jean François Brakeland debriefed on the state of play of the preparatory work conducted by the Commission in order to implement the EU exclusive competence on FDI, as conferred by the Lisbon Treaty. He started his presentation