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More on the Software Filtering Issue

The Economist mentions an interesting new detail about China's efforts to have all personal computers sold in China come with filtering software called Green Dam Youth Escort: An American firm, Solid Oak Software, claims Green Dam includes stolen copyrighted code from one of its products, and has launched

New Map from the WTO – and some thoughts it sparked

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Green Car Subsidies

At the same time that we are about to have a ruling on the legality of various subsidies to the aircraft industry, subsidies are proliferating in many other industries, in large part due to the impact of the financial crisis. The question then arises, if everyone is subsidizing, will any

The PC Filtering Software Issue

From USTR: Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk sent a joint letter to their counterparts in China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) urging China to revoke a proposed rule (Circular 226) that

What Should Be In Trade Agreements

From Congressman Mike Michaud, one of the sponsors of the “Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act,” introduced in the House: What Must and Must Not Be in All Agreements: The bill contains a detailed description of the key provisions that must be included in all future U.S.

The EC/U.S. Complaint Against Chinese Export Restrictions

Some links related to today's announcement of the EC/U.S. complaint against Chinese export restrictions: U.S. Slams China on Exports - BusinessWeek The U.S. and the European Union on June 23 formally accused China of illegally hampering exports of raw materials in order to benefit its

Call for Papers: OGEL special issue on "antitrust in the energy sector"

http://www.ogel.org/news.asp?key=189 Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (www.ogel.org) invites submissions for a Special issue covering antitrust issues in energy. The guest editor for this special issue is Prof. Nicolas Petit (Lecturer in Competition Law and Economics at the University of Liege

The Clove Cigarette Ban and the Impact of WTO Rules on Government Regulation

At Eyes on Trade, Todd Tucker responds to my post on the clove cigarette ban. The focus of his post is a quote from an insider involved in the debate over the bill, who had this to say: Menthol historically in the US has been marketed to African Americans, so

A Test for Obama on Trade

As is fairly well-known, WTO and other trade rules permit a good deal of protectionism. For example, when certain conditions are met, "safeguard" measures may be imposed to keep out imports. With these kinds of measures, governments have some discretion as to how much protection for domestic

More on Foreign Competition in Health Care

I was thinking about what I said briefly the other day regarding the benefits of foreign competition in the health care (specifically, health insurance) industry. I thought maybe someone else had discussed this idea in more detail, so I did some quick web searches. The best I found was this: