From Doug Palmer at Reuters: NBC's local affiliate in the Dallas area reported on Sunday it had been told by an "extremely high level source" that [former Dallas Mayor Ron] Kirk was one of two finalists for two different administration jobs: U.S. trade representative and

This is a supplemental posting to Henry’s earlier posting on China-Auto Parts.   FACTS   Under a special regime (such as Decree 125), China imposed 25% duty on those imported auto parts, which meet certain criteria, as if they were “complete vehicles,” subject to the complicated post-importation verification and other administrative

The AB report for the Auto Parts case has just been released to the public. Not surprisingly, the AB affirmed the Panel on almost all accounts. However, by refusing to affirm the panel on the Art. II.1 claims, the AB has left a huge loophole in the future implementation

The recent adjournment of the 110th Congress provides the final verdict on the Bush Administration’s strategy for securing the enactment of the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement.  The verdict is that the non-cooperative strategy of President Bush and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab failed miserably. By way of background,

From the Volokh Conspiracy: The government would offer cheap loans to foreign automakers as well as domestic automakers, for example. The stimulus would benefit the Japanese and German economies as well as the American economy, but it would not give any advantage to American automakers unless their problem is really