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WTO Report: Dumping is Good

At least in most cases.  From page 67 of the World Trade Report 2009, released today: What are the effects of dumping on the economic welfare of the importing country? Economic theory suggests that, with the possible exception of predatory dumping, all other instances of dumping either increase, or at
Simon Lester 22 Jul 2009 1 min read

Pascal Lamy on "Contingent Protection"

From a speech: We generally think of contingency trade policy as actions available to deal with unanticipated market situations. It is well understood such measures are fundamental to the effectiveness and stability of trade agreements. In their various guises, they can be thought of as safety valves, a form of
Simon Lester 22 Jul 2009 1 min read

Charnovitz: USTR Misleads the Public on the Status of Unimplemented Free Trade Agreements

The second cross-post from Steve Charnovitz blogging at Eyes on Trade: by Steve Charnovitz Although President Obama claims to be for "free and fair" trade, he and his Administration have made no progress in securing the implementation of the three already-negotiated U.S. free trade agreements (FTAs) with
Simon Lester 21 Jul 2009 2 min read

Honey Standards and Foreign Competition

Just the other day, USTR Ron Kirk mentioned technical barriers to trade as a focus of future U.S. trade enforcement.  He said: The second new tool will take on one of the biggest obstacles our manufacturers face: technical barriers to trade, such as technical regulations and standards that restrict
Simon Lester 21 Jul 2009 2 min read

Charnovitz: USTR Can Do Better at Fulfilling its FOIA Responsibilities

Steve Charnovitz is posting at Eyes on Trade this week and asked me to cross-post over here.  Here's his first post: by Steve Charnovitz I want to thank Public Citizen for inviting me to be a guest blogger this week. I believe this invitation is especially noteworthy given
Simon Lester 20 Jul 2009 3 min read

India's View of Carbon Tariffs (and Carbon Caps)

From Bloomberg: India won’t bend to demands from the Obama administration or threats from the U.S. Congress to adopt legally binding caps on its carbon emissions, the country’s environment minister told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonyesterday. “There is simply no case for the pressure”
Simon Lester 20 Jul 2009 1 min read

Dr. Larry Summers on Trade

This is an excerpt from the Summers speech Q&A in Washington on July 17 (from Federal News Service). Q   I'm Steve Charnovitz of George Washington University. Thank you for that great presentation and for your excellent work over the last several months. My question is about
Charnovitz 20 Jul 2009 2 min read

Zookz Update

The Antigua government is not amused by the Zookz position on the impact of the WTO Article 22.6 Gambling decision: St. John's, Antigua (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- It has come to the attention of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda that there is a web site
Simon Lester 17 Jul 2009 1 min read

"Today, on behalf of President Obama, I am here to affirm this administration's commitment to trade enforcement."

A key statement in USTR Ron Kirk's speech to Pennsylvania steel workers.  More highlights: I am announcing several concrete new measures that will help to guarantee America's workers, businesses, and families a fair deal. We will take new steps to protect the rights of American farmers
Simon Lester 16 Jul 2009 3 min read

Taking WTO Rulings A Bit Too Far

Many readers are probably familiar with the Antigua-U.S. Gambling dispute.  I don't want to go through all the details here, but if you need a refresher, here's an overview from an ASIL Insight I did in 2008. I hadn't heard anything about the
Simon Lester 15 Jul 2009 3 min read

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Is There No Going Back on Trade? What Is the Path Forward? A Response to Lighthizer

Former U.S. Trade Rep. Bob Lighthizer has a new essay in Foreign Affairs, and I have some thoughts. I'm going to start with his brief big picture points on the direction of U.S. trade policy, and then go through a couple of the specific concepts he emphasizes.
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The Section 301 Excess Capacity Investigation Needs Less Madness, More Method

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump’s emergency tariffs under IEEPA  unconstitutional, the administration scrambled to rebuild its tariff wall. While the announcement of Section 122 tariffs immediately following the ruling will provide a temporary patch, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office quickly began to utilize another
24 Apr 2026 6 min read

War Tariffs

This is a co-authored post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would be imposing new tariffs of 50 percent of the value of any product coming from any country that sells weapons or provides military aid to Iran. Some commentators questioned
14 Apr 2026 5 min read

USMCA Review and Extension Predictions

When the idea of an expiration clause was suggested during the NAFTA renegotiation, I was against it from the start, and Inu and I wrote a pretty critical piece about it at the time. A review is great, we said, let's definitely have reviews, and there are plenty of ways to do that.
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans

This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
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