Economist Don Boudreaux says: The whole world would be made better off – but the Chinese people especially – if Beijing took a more hands-off approach to trade (and every other economic) policy.  But Americans would be made worse off if, under the pretext of ‘responding’ to Beijing’s misguided trade

Following-up on this post, here are some more details, from the April 20, 2009 DSB meeting, on the NAFTA/WTO overlap in the new tuna-dolphin dispute: 77. The representative of the United States said that his country was disappointed that Mexico had chosen to move forward with its

Some first impressions of the panel report, based on what I've read so far: -- it has some very interesting issues. -- it's very well-written. -- it's very, very long. More later. ADDED: When I say it's well-written, I don't mean

A gem from the Australian archives, for your holiday amusement ... http://www.worldtradelaw.net/dfatpg1.pdf

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

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

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