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The Doha Round's Revenge?: The Return of WTO Litigations

Brazil decided to sue the U.S. in the WTO for the latter’s alleged illegal farm subsidies as well as import tariffs on the Brazilian ethanol (54 cents per gallon). See Financial Times, Aug 3, 2008, Brazil to dispute US subsidies.

A PROPOSAL TO BREAK THE STALEMATE IN THE DOHA ROUND

As we know, the stumbling block in the Doha Round has been the Special Safeguard Mechanism in Agriculture. The first impression is that the stalemate is a result of a conflict between those who would like to sacrifice poor peasants in developing countries and those who want to protect these

Thank You For Smoking (Certain Kinds of Cigarettes)

The issue of a ban on clove cigarettes is still lingering. In an article on legislation that would give the FDA authority to regulate tobacco, the NY Times notes: The bill would ban candy, fruit and spice-flavored cigarettes, including clove cigarettes, but menthol cigarettes would be exempt from the ban.

Draft trade law case book for free in exchange for feedback

Any of you still looking for international trade law teaching materials for the coming fall semester? With Andrew Guzman (Berkeley), I (Joost Pauwelyn, Graduate Institute, Geneva) am about to finish a complete draft of a new trade law case book (to come out with Aspen in 2009). You can obtain

The Collapse of the Doha Round Negotiation: Some Reflections

Why did it fail? Immediate causes: On the last day (Day 9) of the talks, the core negotiating group (G 7: Australia, US, EU, Japan, China, India, and Brazil), more narrowly the U.S. and India/China/Indonesia, failed to close their gaps in some details (depth) of the “special

THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE DOHA ROUND

Developing Countries who wanted absolutely to make this round a "development round" (as they understand the meaning of this expression) are surely now thinking about the consequences of the failure of the Doha Round. As always, the most important consequences for them will be unintended. The following Statement

A Bridge Too Far: The Eventual Collapse of the Doha Round

Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:17pm EDT GENEVA (Reuters) – “Marathon talks on a new wave of trade liberalization collapsed on Tuesday after nine days of intense but ultimately fruitless negotiations.” More soon.

"Sovereignty, Supremacy and Subsidiarity"

As the WTO Members try to make some new international law through the Doha Round, and Congress questions the role of Appellate Body rulings, this new book asks the time timely question "how should the authority to make and interpret international law be allocated among states, international organizations and

Surprise! Surprise! The Doha Round Is Still Alive and Kicking!

At long last, a lay of hope shone on the stalemated Doha round negotiation yesterday (July 26th: Beware the time difference.) On the verge of the collapse of the talk, Mon Capitán Pascal Lamy managed to persuade negotiators to continue negotiating by presenting a critical "package of elements,"

What if They Held Trade Talks and Nobody Protested?

From Reuters (via IATP): Some diplomats said the lack of protests also put a damper on the talks, in which ministers are seeking to agree on cuts to politically sensitive farm subsidies and import duties. "It makes me feel less important," joked one official.