Some Democrats (127 in the House) are urging a "new direction" for U.S. trade policy.  For instance: H.R. 3012, TRADE Act ... The bill spells out what should be in trade agreements including standards on: labor, environment, food and product safety, agriculture, human rights, currency anti-manipulation rules,

Via Todd Tucker at Eyes on Trade, I came across a Reason magazine interview with Jagdish Bhagwati.  The whole piece is interesting, but I'm going to focus on this one part: reason: Was NAFTA a mistake? Bhagwati: I think in retrospect, yes. It’s not a slam dunk

A quick run-down, with links: -- Panel requested by Canada and Mexico on U.S. country of origin labeling (DS384 and 386): established. -- Panel requested by the U.S. on EC restrictions on poultry imports (DS389): established. -- Panel requested by the EC, Mexico and the U.S. on

From an op-ed by the president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, in The Hill: Less than a month after Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Washington to lecture President Obama about the dangers of “Buy American” laws, his government passed a “Buy Canada” tobacco ban that violates Canada’s

Robert Staiger and Alan Sykes have posted "International Trade and Domestic Regulation" on SSRN.  From the abstract: Employing the terms-of-trade framework for the modeling of trade agreements, we show how  "large" nations may have an incentive to impose discriminatory product standards against imported goods once border

Here: Applications are invited for a Lectureship (UE08) in the School of Law from candidates with research interests in either or both of international commercial arbitration and international trade law. Applications would also be welcome from candidates with an interest in international investment law. Candidates may have either a private