Women Trade Commissioners (in 1963)
A gem from the Australian archives, for your holiday amusement ...
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/dfatpg1.pdf
Putting Burdens on Foreign Manufacturers
From the Palm Beach Post:
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to help victims of tainted Chinese drywall hold foreign manufacturers more accountable for their defective products.
The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 would cut down on the red tape Americans face when they try
Burley: The Other Cigarette Case
I haven't heard anything new about the Indonesian clove cigarette issue, but here is more on the Canadian measure that could ban U.S. burley tobacco:
Continuing his efforts to protect the Commonwealth's tobacco farmers, U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01), joined by several members of
Obama: It's Not the Time to Reopen NAFTA
From Reuters:
Obama said he still believed side agreements on labor and environmental protections should be incorporated into the core of the agreement.
"But I will be honest with you: at a time when the economy has been shrinking drastically and trade has been shrinking around the world, at
More on the Wisconsin Diploma Privilege
Following-up on this post, we may eventually get a decision related to whether Wisconsin's "diploma privilege" violates the dormant commerce clause. From the National Law Journal:
A federal appeals court has rekindled a challenge to a Wisconsin rule that allows graduates of the state's
Comments on the U.S. Model BIT: The Investor-State Debate
At this link is a list of submissions made in relation to the review of the U.S. model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Here's a sampling of the comments submitted on the investor-state arbitration mechanism (in no particular order), with the submitting entity indicated. (Not that I think
Subsidies Rules and Financial Services Bailouts
Todd Tucker has an interesting post over at Eyes on Trade, in which he makes the following points:
1. Certain trade experts have been saying that WTO rules do not apply to subsidies to the financial services industry (or, at least, do not provide much discipline). Thus, in their view,
The Impact of Ethanol Tariffs
From a
letter
sent by Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and USTR Ron Kirk to Senator Chuck Grassley:
The Obama Administration is committed to developing our domestic biofuels industry in order to reduce US dependence on oil imports and increase our use of renewable energy sources. There has been no
Achieving Domestic Free Trade
With all the talk of international trade negotiations, it's easy to forget that there may still be work to be done at the domestic level:
As the [Canadian] premiers gather in Regina from August 5 to 7 for their Council of the Federation summer meeting, a business coalition
The Economist on Buying Local
The Economist has an article in this week's issue about the "Buy Local" movement, in which three reasons for buying local are put forward:
* A "character" argument: "local and independent businesses have more individual character" and "are owned by your friends