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The Tires Tariffs: The Impact of Trade Policy on Stock Market Prices

Because of the Chinese tire tariffs, the share price of U.S. producers is up: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., the largest U.S. tiremakers, rose the most since at least July in New York trading after President Barack Obama placed tariffs on tires

The Tires Tariffs: China's Response

Since the Obama administration decided to impose safeguard tariffs on Chinese tires, China has announced two things: 1. WTO consultations: China has requested WTO-sanctioned consultations with the United States over Washington's new duties on Chinese-made tires, a spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said. 2. AD/CVD

The Implications of the China Tires Decision

As everyone has probably heard by now (although you may not have heard, as the decision was announced late on Friday night) the Obama administration has decided to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports pursuant to the China-specific safeguard mechanism. The rates are 35 percent ad valorem in the first

What is Free Trade?

Paul Krugman says: Free trade is supposed to be about a principle: nondiscrimination between domestic and foreign goods. If only it were so simple. Certainly everyone would agree that non-discrimination betweeen domestic and foreign goods (and services) is a crucial part of free trade. But there are a number of

The ECJ on Gambling Restrictions within the EU

Devotees of the US-Gambling case (not that any such devotees readily come to mind, Simon...) will enjoy mulling over this recent preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice. In Case C-42/07 Liga Portugesa de Futebol Profissional issued on September 8th, 2009, the ECJ found that the exclusivity granted

SIEL 2010 Conference - Call for Papers

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Thoughts on Free Trade in Health Insurance

With the the U.S. health care reform debate heating up, I can't resist jumping in here with some thoughts on how "free trade" could play a role in improving health care. I have two things in mind: (1) free trade within the U.S. and

Launch Aid and Compliance with the WTO Airbus Ruling

Reuters has some new details on the WTO Airbus ruling: Picking apart the contrasting claims, two sources familiar with the case told Reuters the draft conclusions of a five-year WTO probe overwhelmingly backed U.S. charges that the dozen or so loans were "actionable" subsidies that harmed Boeing.

Alice Amsden on the WTO and Development

I've said before on this blog (although I can't seem to track down where) that I think WTO rules allow developing countries a lot of flexibility to use protectionism (whether they should use it is a harder question). Here's Alice Amsden of MIT making

The WTO Airbus Ruling: Some Details

From the WSJ: The Journal reported that the WTO in its interim ruling classified every launch aid package given for the A380 passenger jet as an illegal subsidy.ADDED: Let the debate over what the ruling actually says commence. From Reuters: Comments that the World Trade Organization on Friday backed