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The DLC: More Trade Litigation, Please

In a recent policy report, the Democratic Leadership Committee proposes the following for U.S. trade policy: 3. Revive Trade Enforcement. Many of America’s major trade interests, finally, are already covered by WTO agreements. These include intellectual property rights, subsidies, market access for manufactured goods, and fair treatment for
Simon Lester 18 Jul 2008 2 min read

Mankiw Calls McCain Out on Free Trade

John McCain has been going around declaring himself to be a free trader.  ("There's no greater free trader in the Senate than I am," he says).  But Greg Mankiw, in the context of raising some election issues that are important to economists, brings up the uncomfortable
Simon Lester 18 Jul 2008 1 min read

Loyola University of Chicago: Wing Tat Lee Chair in International Law

Wing Tat Lee Chair in International Law The Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a well established urban Jesuit law school is currently seeking candidates to fill its recently vacated chair in international law named in honor of Hong Kong businessman Wing Tat Lee. This twelve month position will entail
Simon Lester 17 Jul 2008 1 min read

Schizophrenia on Foreign Investment

The Economist has an interesting article on reactions to foreign investment in the United States.  It seems that on the one hand, individual U.S. states are making concerted efforts to lure foreign investors.  For example, officials from Alabama fly overseas to convince big manufacturers to set up shop in
Simon Lester 17 Jul 2008 1 min read

Colbert's Take on the Sale of Anheuser-Busch

Light on policy, but heavy on laughs: ADDED:  It occurs to me that not everyone will be familiar with Stephen Colbert.  Hence, I feel compelled to mention that this was satire.  It was probably obvious, but he once had a guest accidentally refer to him as Bill (as in O&
Simon Lester 16 Jul 2008 1 min read

The AB Oral Hearing in the Hormones Sanctions Case

The Appellate Body has just issued instructions for registering for the Hormones Sanctions hearings on July 28-29: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/public_hearing_july08_e.htm If there are any students (or others) in the Geneva area who want to attend and have a report
Simon Lester 16 Jul 2008 1 min read

The Appellate Body Opens Its Doors to the Public

In a big victory for transparency, the Appellate Body has decided, in response to the parties' requests, to open its oral hearing in the Hormones Sanctions cases (DS320 and DS321) to public observation.  Here's the EU press release: EU welcomes first opening of WTO Appellate Body hearing
Simon Lester 11 Jul 2008 2 min read

Obama on the Doha Round

Well, one of Obama's advisers, anyway: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants a successful end to long-running world trade talks, but will closely review any deal reached by the Bush administration, an Obama adviser said on Wednesday. "Sen. Obama believes we need to change our trade focus
Simon Lester 09 Jul 2008 1 min read

Free Trade and Low Prices

I get nervous when I, armed only with my undergraduate degree, question the economic analysis of real economists, but there are times I just can't resist.  Hopefully I won't get myself into too much trouble here. This post by Dani Rodrik is getting a bit old
Simon Lester 09 Jul 2008 2 min read

Obama's Reaction to the Proposed Budweiser Deal

From Reuters: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama weighed in Monday, saying it would be a "a shame" if the iconic American brewer was acquired by a foreign company. "I don't think we can pass a law to prevent Budweiser's shareholders -- Anheuser Busch&
Simon Lester 07 Jul 2008 1 min read

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