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European Respect for WTO Law

In the Wall Street Journal, Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner ask, "Does Europe Believe in International Law?" Their answer: "Europe's commitment to international law is largely rhetorical. Like the Bush administration, Europeans obey international law when it advances their interests and discard it when it

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About this blogThis blog offers commentary on current developments and scholarship in the field of international economic law and policy. It was started in January 2006 by Joel Trachtman and Simon Lester, and is managed by WorldTradeLaw.net with contributions by the authors listed on the main page. Simon Lester

Obama Takes on Farm Subsidies

Well, a portion of them, anyway. From a speech he gave today: We will go through our federal budget -- page by page, line by line -- eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way. Let me give you

Reminder: Call for Papers - ASIL IEL Interest Group Research Colloquium - UCLA, Feb. 13, 2009

In case you missed previous announcements, or have otherwise any hesitations about submission, I would like to again bring to your attention the ASIL IEL Interest Group Research Colloquium that will be held at UCLA on February 13, 2009. This will be a non-thematic, one day academic workshop in which

What Kind of USTR Do We Want?

Politico reports on the Obama administration's possible choices for U.S. Trade Rep. The article distinguishes between a "technocrat" choice and a "political" choice, indicating that the business community prefers the latter. The technocrat options mentioned are Dan Tarullo of Georgetown Law Center and

Beggar thy neighbour: automobile industry

From Bryan Mercurio:Following earlier posts on the US auto industry bailout and EU response, it seems appropriate to post on the Chinese response. The South China Morning Post reports (in a password protected article dating from 20 November, ‘Industry seeks government help as sales slump: Chinese carmakers press for

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More on Auto Trade Tensions

Bloomberg has a good overview of the issues here. One part that struck me was the following: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government will decide on an aid request from GM's Opel unit by Christmas. Opel asked for ``somewhat more than'' 1 billion euros in

Daewoo in Madagascar

There’s a fascinating article in the FT today about Daewoo’s plans to acquire half the arable land in Madagascar: Daewoo to pay nothing for vast land acquisition By Song Jung-a and Christian Oliver in Seoul and Tom,Burgis in Johannesburg Published: November 20 2008 02:00 | Last updated:

Market Access for Small, Developing Countries

Following-up on this old post, apparently the WTO can work for the little guy: Fiji Kava Council chairman, Ratu Josateki Nawalowalo said the removal of the restriction on kava trade in European countries was a result of a 10-day roundtable consultation between Pacific Island ambassadors, European Commission leaders based in