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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,