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The Auto Bailout: What People Are Worried About

There are a lot of subsidies for the auto industry being proposed, and in response many concerns about these subsidies have been noted.  In terms of trade issues, most of these concerns are unlikely to turn into formal complaints.  Rather, as noted previously here, they are probably just being put
Simon Lester 29 Nov 2008 1 min read

WTO Scholars' Forum: WTO Dispute Compliance

Professor Mary Footer (University of Nottingham) ‘Compliance with WTO Dispute Settlement Decisions: Some Reflections on Recent Developments’ Wednesday 3 December 2008, 4-5.30pm, UCL Laws, Moot Court To register free of charge please contact Forum administrator, Ann Tucker, ann.tucker@ucl.ac.uk Summary While it is understood that
Simon Lester 29 Nov 2008 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 25 Nov 2008 1 min read

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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
Simon Lester 25 Nov 2008 1 min read

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 one
Simon Lester 25 Nov 2008 1 min read

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
Tomer Broude 25 Nov 2008 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 25 Nov 2008 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 23 Nov 2008 1 min read

Blog Comments

Typepad has come up with some improved commenting features.  One of these is threaded discussions, which is something we've wanted for a long time.  It's just a beta version, so it may have some bugs in it, but I installed it anyway.  Check it out all
Simon Lester 22 Nov 2008 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 21 Nov 2008 1 min read

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Why Section 338 Does Not Work in a GATT/WTO World: Lessons from Trade Law History

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