Following-up on yesterday's post, here's something from Tania Voon: The Panel did little to clarify the meaning of regulating trade in a WTO-consistent manner pursuant to the ‘[w]ithout prejudice’ clause. It concluded that this clause permits China to regulate goods imported into China or exported

One of the obligations dealt with in the China - Publications report was paragraph 5.1 of China's Accession Protocol, which provides in part: 1. Without prejudice to China's right to regulate trade in a manner consistent with the WTO Agreement, China shall progressively liberalize the

Via Todd Tucker at Eyes on Trade, I came across this discussion of "necessity" in the context of the GATS negotiations (Word doc) on Domestic Regulation (Article VI): 10. The representative of Switzerland wished to address two issues in his intervention, namely the significance of the revised text

My new book on The International Law of Economic Migration has just been published by the Upjohn Institute.  For more information, see http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/titles/ilem.html Here is the short description: The gains from total trade liberalization, according to a recent World Bank study, are estimated

From the NY Times: The issue began with a short letter to United States customs officials last December from the small American subsidiary of a Spanish energy company. The subsidiary, GES USA, wanted to know what the tariff would be to import certain solar panels from China. On Jan. 9,

Former Washington Post writer Paul Blustein argues the following in Foreign Policy: Completing a reasonably ambitious Doha round would be a good start -- but only a start. Instead of pursuing more bilateral and regional deals, the world's governments should embark on new, ambitious talks under WTO auspices.

From the Telegraph: ... Andree Garcia, the owner and chef of Les Iles en Ville, says the EU ban has been "great advertising" - and as a result has moved up seal dishes from occasional specialities to a daily regular. "Seal has become extremely popular since everybody started