Today's Chinese Currency Post
I don't mean to overdo things with the China currency issue, but it's a hot topic and there's a lot to say about it. So here's today's post, which is about an argument made by Arvind Subramanian in the FT:
Climate Labelling under WTO Rules
From SSRN, here is the asbtract of Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law, by Erich Vranes
Environmental labelling is increasingly used as an instrument of climate protection. This is underlined, for example, by the EU climate change programme, in
Workshop on Global Law and Economic Policy at Harvard
From June 2-11, 2010:
The Workshop is an intensive ten day residential program designed for doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. The Workshop aims to promote innovative ideas and alternative approaches to issues of global law, economic policy and social justice in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The initiative will bring
Film Production Subsidies
From The Economist:
California has been worrying about “runaway production” since 1998, when Canada began luring producers and their crews away from Los Angeles with tax breaks. Other places followed, and all but seven American states and territories and 24 other countries now offer, or are preparing to offer, rebates,
Trade in Everything: Rush Limbaugh Edition
No, we're not trading Rush Limbaugh. Rather, he may be engaging in trade in medical services:
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.
That might sound like an
The Proposal for Two Separate Legal Proceedings for AD/CVD Injury Determinations
Last week I mentioned Senator Specter's proposal to allow AD/CVD injury determinations to be made by federal district courts rather than the ITC. At the time, I said I didn't see any WTO violations in such a proposal. However, having now seen the text of
More Currency Stuff
UNCTAD is not a fan of a floating exchange rate for China:
Amidst continued financial crisis, the question of the global trade imbalances is back high on the international agenda. A procession of prominent economists, editorialists and politicians have taken it upon themselves to “remind” the surplus countries, and in
China Currency Times Two
Both the Financial Times and New York Times (hence the post title) have recent articles which refer to the Chinese currency issue. From the FT:
True, Washington and Beijing are trading heated accusations over whether China’s continued policy of holding down the renminbi is responsible for global imbalances. But
Trade in Natural Resources: The Bluefin Tuna Ban under the TBT Agreement
In the spirit of the discussion of trade in natural resources that Melaku has been leading, I thought I would do a post on a very technical aspect of the proposed trade ban on bluefin tuna, which may soon be imposed pursuant to the United Nations' Convention on International
Natural resources and non-WTO rules of international law
The discussion is nicely leading to the next question: what other international rules are relevant to trade in natural resources and how do they relate to WTO rules?
a. do regional agreements have any specific rules that could be relevant at the multilateral level?
b. how about international commodity agreements?