International Law Section / International Dispute Resolution Committee And the American Society of International Law/ Dispute Resolution Interest Group Jointly Sponsor a Brown Bag Program Careers in International Arbitration for Young Lawyers? The International Dispute Resolution Committee of the DC Bar and the American Society of International Law jointly invite you

In the comments, Susan Aaronson asks: Can your readers please answer this question. Could the US President temporarily lower tariffs (to all countries) on his own without Congressional approval (under executive order). Perhaps he could justify it as a means of stimulating exports or to encourage development. I am not

I mentioned the other day a U.S. Senate bill that funded border security by taxing visa applications for skilled workers coming to the U.S.  Well, now the bill has been signed into law, so maybe it's worth a little more detailed discussion. In my earlier post,

I was thinking of posting something on the recent U.S. Court of International Trade decision in the GPX case, which deals with the issue of concurrent AD/CVD cases related to non-market economies, and problems that arise with double counting the remedy.  I couldn't quite face

That was quick: Australia will appeal a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that tough restrictions on the importation of New Zealand apples are unduly restrictive on trade. A decision by the WTO's panel of independent arbitrators recommended overnight "that the dispute settlement body request Australia to bring

Trade in services through mode 4 -- movement of natural persons -- can be complicated.  It's not just about convincing countries to open up to trade.  Once they have opened up, there are issues related to the treatment of workers.  Sometimes the government of the exporting country takes these issues

The Law and Development Institute is hosting its Inaugural Conference in Sydney, on October 16, 2010.  Here's the program, which looks excellent.  I can't seem to copy it into this post in nice formatting, so check it out at the link.

Reader Daniel Crosby points me to this article from the NY Times, which discusses a proposed U.S. law that takes the trade and immigration linkage in a new direction: A Senate bill approved Thursday night by unanimous consent would pay for more security along the Mexico border by raising