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The State of the Doha Round

I've heard some talk about pushing forward with the Doha Round, so as to have it close to done by the time Obama takes office. However, based on the following two articles from today, it seems to me that not much has changed Compare this: French Foreign Trade

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

As many of you know, the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group is holding its Biennial Conference in DC in two days. This is a good time to announce a new initiative: the Interest Group Research Colloquium that will be held at UCLA on February 13,

Trade Versus the Environment: More on Biofuels PPMs

Updating this old post, there has apparently now been a threat of a WTO complaint against proposed EU biofuel restrictions. Here are the restrictions: [The EU] intends to introduce new restrictions defining what type of land is suitable for creating biofuels. If the plans were to go ahead, fuels coming

Administrative Law Tools and the “Mood” of the Appellate Body decision in the United States—Continued Suspension of Obligations in the EC-Hormones Dispute

Here are some thoughts on the Appellate Body decision in the case United States —Continued Suspension of Obligations in the EC-Hormones Dispute. It is a remarkable decision that has a real “administrative law” feel, demonstrating the value of the Global Administrative Law project of Kingsbury, Stewart and Krisch in which

USTR Candidates

From Reuters: Daniel Tarullo, a Georgetown University law professor who has advised Obama on trade issues, is thought by many Washington lobbyists to be to a top candidate for the job. Tarullo worked for former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s -- first as an assistant secretary of state for

Change is coming ...

... to U.S. trade policy. It is not clear exactly what this change will look like, but no doubt we will spend a lot of time on this blog talking about it. Here are some of the issues I'll be watching for: -- What will a NAFTA renegotiation

Lamy Seeks a Second Term as DG

From his letter to the General Council Chair (scroll down to page 3): During the last three years I believe that I have done my best to serve these objectives with dedication and conviction. And although today we are closer to our goal, much remains to be done, not only

Copyrighting International Organization Documents

The WTO has always been great about letting us post official documents on WorldTradeLaw.net. We ask permission and they always grant it. However, I see WTO documents in various other places on the internet as well, and I would guess that at least some of these web sites have

Muse on Congressional Races and Obama's Trade Policy

Ben Muse has been examining the role of trade in a number of Congressional races. The following link shows a numer of his posts in this regard (with a couple other trade politics related posts thrown in): http://benmuse.typepad.com/custom_house/election_2008/ Also via Muse, I came

More on OPEC from Sen. Lautenberg

From his debate with an opponent for his Senate seat: Lautenberg said he hoped to win passage of a bill that says, “If you are part of a monopoly like OPEC you cannot belong to the World Trade Organization, which offers all kinds of commercial benefits.” If the bill is