From ICTSD: The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), an independent non-profit and non-governmental organization contributing to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade, seeks to recruit a pro-active professional to fill position of Trade Negotiations Insights (TNI)

Adrian Vermeule of Harvard Law School proposes reining in the role of courts: Professor Adrian Vermeule’s newest book is likely to raise a few judicial eyebrows. “Law and the Limits of Reason,” just published by Oxford University Press, is a broad-based criticism of the dominant role played by

As many of you probably have heard already, the WTO has established a WTO Chairs Program to support WTO-related research and teaching activities in developing countries. While the deadline for the first round of call for proposals has expired on May 29th, similar opportunities might be offered in the

Following-up on the last post, it looks like the Indonesian clove cigarette makers have at least one defender in Congress.  Congresswoman Virginia Foxx gave the following speech in the context of the discussion of the tobacco regulation bill (begins at bottom right of page and continues to next page)

Remember Indonesia's concern that clove cigarettes (kreteks), which they produce a lot of, would be banned under U.S. tobacco legislation?  (See here and here).  Well, Congress has passed this legislation and it looks like the clove cigarette ban will soon be upon us. The problem is not

From Neena Shenai of AEI: Fundamentally, the Obama administration doesn't really get free trade and entirely misses its importance to U.S. national security. Free trade isn't just about economic gains--it is also about reinforcing strategic political and security ties with key allies. As is

There have been quite a few news articles in the past several days about Canadian concerns that Canadian companies are shut out of many U.S. state and local government procurement conracts, but U.S. companies have access to similar Canadian contracts.  Some have suggested keeping U.S. companies out