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Obama on Ethanol Tariffs

Via Peter Gallagher, I saw this NY Times article on ethanol subsidies, which referred to an old Obama speech where he said the following: Greater Brazilian production of renewable fuels could boost sustainable economic development throughout Latin America, and reshape the geopolitics of energy in the hemisphere, reducing the oil-driven

Obama on Chinese Steel Duties

From an Obama press release: U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after the International Trade Commission (ITC) concluded that Chinese pipe producers have injured U.S. manufacturers for several years by dumping circular welded steel pipe exports into our market - a practice which has been

McCain on NAFTA

From a McCain speech in Ottawa last week: We must also work to ensure reliable energy supplies and increase sources of renewable energy. As you all know, Canada is America's largest energy supplier. Not only does Canada have the second largest proven oil reserves in the world, 60

The Economist on Carbon Tariffs

The Economist has an interesting "Economics focus" piece on the use of carbon tariffs against countries that do not take measures to limit their emissions. The piece describes the issue as follows: ... how can policy ensure that legal limits on emissions do not put local firms at a

Do Prizes Constitute Subsidies?

I meant to post on this a while back, but never did (I don't see any record of it anyway). Suddenly, I find myself with a good opportunity. Last year, in response to this NY Times article, there was some talk in the blogosphere about the merits of

Two Intriguing Trade Law Jobs

For aspiring academics, a couple positions at the World Trade Institute: Assistant Professor of international economic law, with a specialization in WTO law and trade regulation Assistant Professor of international economics, with a specialization in trade and development Assistant Professor of international relations, with a specialization in in-ternational economic governance

WTO Scholars' Forum Event in London

For those in London this coming Monday: The Directors of the WTO Scholars' Forum would like to invite you to a seminar on Monday 23rd June Dr Lorand Bartels, University of Cambridge, 'The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific States' Here'

OPEC as an International Commodity Agreement?

Every time the question of challenging OPEC at the WTO comes up, and even assuming for the sake of argument that OPEC supply management practices fall under GATT Art. XI and therefore a violation of this provision, one possible ground of defence that is often raised but easily dismissed has

Public Order and Chinese Copyright Enforcement

One of the newly published SIEL working papers is The Doctrine of Ordre Public and the Sino-US Copyright Dispute by Prof. Kong Qingjiang of Zhejiang Gongshang University. The paper addresses the ongoing dispute in China — Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights , arguing that an ordre public

SIEL Inaugural Conference Working Papers - Now Online

The working papers that will be presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) in Geneva (July15-17) are gradually being uploaded to a dedicated "online proceedings" website at the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN), here. The conference itself has been heavily oversubscribed and