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The NAFTA Renegotiation

After all the NAFTA-bashing during the Presidential campaign, I've been very interested in seeing what exactly President-Elect Obama has planned for NAFTA. This may be a first glimpse: After he becomes president in January, Obama will order a study on the world’s largest trade agreement, then seek

News from the Society of International Economic Law

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Dani Rodrik Rejects Protection (at Least in Today's Economic Climate)

It has never been very clear to me what Dani Rodrik thinks of protection, so I was excited to hear him say this: At a time when the world is digging deeper into recession, exporting your problems through trade protection is the last thing that any responsible country should be

WTO Scholars Forum Event in London

A new WTO Scholars Forum Event: Professor Geert Van Calster (University of Leuven, Institute for Environmental and Energy Law) ‘TLC – Trade and the Low Carbon Economy’ Chair: Mr Angus Johnston (Senior University Lecturer, University of Cambridge) Thursday 20 November 2008, 5-6.30pm, UCL Laws, London, Room SR1 (http://www.ucl.

The G-20 on Protectionism

From the G-20 statement: 13. We underscore the critical importance of rejecting protectionism and not turning inward in times of financial uncertainty. In this regard, within the next 12 months, we will refrain from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services, imposing new export restrictions,

AB Member Baptista

Sad news from the Appellate Body: The head of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) top court, Brazilian lawyer Luiz Olavo Baptista, has resigned for health reasons, a senior WTO diplomat said on Friday. Best wishes to Professor Baptista. This means the AB Member selection process will start again.

G-20 on the Bicycle

This from today's WSJ: The leaders embraced a renewed effort to unblock global trade talks and promised they will refrain from using commercial barriers to protect their own industries for the next 12 months. "We agreed on the importance of rejecting protectionism," Mr. Brown said. "

China – Financial Information Services: Dispute Settled

We had a good discussion on this blog about this case a year ago before the dispute was formally launched. See No News is Bad News at the WTO? The U.S. and EU filed their WTO complaints in March 2008, and Canada joined them in June 2008. Now the

"Forward-Looking Protectionism"

Via Jonathan Dingel, I see that Ha-Joon Chang is making the case for "forward-looking protectionism in the US." A key sentence: Mr Obama should use protectionism in a similarly forward-looking way. Industries that can be revived through re-tooling of its factories and re-training of its workers should be

The Auto Bailout and Trade Tensions

It appears that the multi-billion dollar aid package that will likely be given to the U.S. auto industry has not gone unnoticed by our trading partners: "We will look very carefully at the details of the proposed aid package to the U.S. auto industry, in order to