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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

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

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

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&

ASIL IELIG Regional Meeting in Geneva, July 15, 2008

The American Society of International Law's International Economic Law Interest Group will meet in Geneva just before the inaugural meeting of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director General of the WTO, will speak on recent developments at the WTO. Future activities and ways

Coming Soon: The China - Auto Parts Decision (Part II)

Last week, I did a short post summarizing the soon-to-be-circulated WTO panel report in China - Auto parts. I focused on the complainants' claims, based on a quick read of the EC/U.S. first submissions. Then an anonymous commenter pointed out that China raised an Article XX(d)

Women in International Economic Law: organizational meeting

From the founders of Women in International Economic Law: Women in International Economic Law (WIEL), a new global organization in international law, will hold its organizational meeting from 1.30 to 3 pm on Tuesday 15 July, in conjunction with the inaugural meeting of the Society of International Economic Law

Trade in Everything: Fireworks (July 4th Edition)

From MSNBC: It was eerily quiet at Aaron Waugh’s fireworks stand in Princeton, W.Va. “Pretty slow, pretty slow,” he concluded. “More people need to come in.” The solitude at Rocket World, which opened last week, is being replicated at fireworks shops and seasonal stands across the country. Just

Trade, Inequality and Wal-Mart

Over at VoxEU, Christian Broda argues: Conventional wisdom says globalisation has increased US income inequality. This column says that is dead wrong, as China and Wal-Mart have increased the purchasing power of the poor more than the rich. He explains: Inflation differentials between the rich and poor dramatically change our

60,000 Pages of WTO Jurisprudence

That's what the Economist says. Does that sound right? I've never tried to count, although people have suggested the idea to me before. I probably should, I just can't face the prospect of opening each report and checking page counts. And dealing with methodological