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Tariff Discrimination that Hurts the Poor

Via Jonathan Dingel, I see that Ed Gresser of the Progressive Policy Institute is talking about how a large percentage of tariff duties are paid by the poor: It is only a slight exaggeration to argue that the tariff system has essentially evolved into a tax on clothes and shoes,

Policy Space

From a letter to the editor in the Economist, written by Robert Wade of LSE, commenting on the Doha negotiations: Several developing countries now have big enough markets to give them leverage over rules of access to their markets, and their governments could take the lead in revising current rules

Gambling Updates

My favorite source for Gambling case news, the Antigua Sun, has this update: A new deadline has been put in effect for Antigua and the US to reach an agreement concerning the ongoing online gaming dispute. The date of 1 Oct., has been set as the time the two countries

Tariff Preference Discrimination

Via Eyes on Trade, I came across an article in Newsweek about a request by Chevron that the U.S. stop giving certain tariff preferences to Ecuador: Few legal battles have been more exotic than the lawsuit tried over the past five years in a steamy jungle courtroom in Ecuador

Blaming Lamy

Some people are now blaming Pascal Lamy for the recent failure to conclude the Doha Round: Observers say a big share of the blame for the failure should also be borne by Lamy, for he convened the mini-ministerial when even he was doubtful about its success. I'm

McCain On NAFTA "Harmonization"

More from the WSJ trade discussion between Obama and McCain advisers. Question #4: ... For the McCain camp: Nafta came into effect 14 years ago. What parts aren’t working well? Would you look to remake parts of the pact? ... Philip I. Levy advises the McCain campaign on international trade and

Obama's Views on NAFTA Investment Rules

The WSJ has a nice question and answer / debate on trade issues between leading Obama and McCain advisers. Here's Obama adviser Dan Tarullo's response to a question about what exactly Obama does not like about NAFTA: Question #4: Sen. Obama has said he would renegotiate Nafta.

Trade in Everything: School Teachers

From the Washington Post Magazine: This was the fourth year that the county had hired teachers from the Philippines, an increasingly popular source of manpower for U.S. school systems. In Prince George's, the Filipinos were scattered throughout the county, teaching pre-kindergarten through high school, and all

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