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Risk, Science and Law in International Governance

Chicago-Kent College of Law, in cooperation with the American Society of International Law's International Economic Law Interest Group and Kim & Chang, presents:   Risk, Science and Law in International Governance   Date: December 5, 2009 (Saturday) Venue: Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology 565 West Adams St.
Sungjoon Cho 01 Dec 2009 2 min read

Live Blog: Trade and Agricultural Land

I guess I'll never get used to the way the Europeans depict their revision of the Common Agricultural Policy, driven by the Union's enlargement process, as a concession in the Doha round. The French Ministers of trade and agriculture repeated it several times at a press
Tomer Broude 01 Dec 2009 1 min read

Brazil vs. The U.S. On Doha

USTR Ron Kirk: But to close the remaining gaps in agriculture, NAMA, and services particularly with regard to the market access commitments by the most advanced developing countries this multilateral work needs to be supplemented by sustained direct bilateral engagement, as called for by G-20 leaders. There is no secret
Simon Lester 01 Dec 2009 1 min read

Creative Solutions to the Chinese Currency Issue

Dan Drezner half-jokingly proposes the following: It would be interesting for the U.S. Trade Representative and the EU Trade Directorate to make the following proposal:   Hey, Wen, you're right about the unfair tire tariffs and the like.  Let's make a trade deal:  you allow the
Simon Lester 01 Dec 2009 1 min read

Live Blog: Divided by a Common Language - Kirk and Ashton Statements

The marathon of Minister's statements in the Ministerial Plenary is on (you can watch them live on the WTO website, recommencing Tuesday morning). The statements are of course very short - three minutes each. Although some statements sound like shopping lists, and others like anthologies of WTO cliches,
Tomer Broude 30 Nov 2009 2 min read

Live Blog: Reform, Regulation and the Stationary Bicycle Theory

On questions of reforming the WTO and its role in regulation, DG Lamy was very much in the minority opinion at this morning's ICTSD Panel on "Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System". In 2003, you will recall, Lamy (as EU Trade Commissioner) said that the WTO is
Tomer Broude 30 Nov 2009 2 min read

Live, from Geneva

A few weeks ago, I conspired with Simon to apply for media accreditation to the WTO's 7th Ministerial Conference taking place in Geneva this week. We thought we would have a blog story in any case: if we were rejected, we could address the WTO's transparency;
Tomer Broude 29 Nov 2009 1 min read

Offshoring As A Way To Promote Development

Over at Eyes on Trade, Todd Tucker cites this WSJ article and expresses concerns about offshoring of Japanese animation jobs to China, Korea and Viet Nam. I’m going to use his post as a jumping off point for the following questions about offshoring: Isn’t offshoring good for economic
Simon Lester 29 Nov 2009 2 min read

The Economist on the Trade / Cap and Trade Conflict

The Economist has a good article discussing the likely trade conflicts arising from cap and trade measures.  They talk about the problem of countries reducing emissions by varying amounts, and the possibility of companies relocating production to "carbon havens."  According to the article, studies suggest that the scope
Simon Lester 29 Nov 2009 1 min read

Using RTAs to Reduce Trade Remedies

Tania Voon has posted a working paper entitled “Eliminating Trade Remedies from the WTO: Lessons from Regional Trade Agreements” on SSRN. Some key excerpts:[This paper] explores RTAs as positive models to reduce or eliminate the use of trade remedies among WTO Members, providing a concrete case study of the
Simon Lester 29 Nov 2009 1 min read

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