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Upcoming WTO Scholars' Forum Events

Some upcoming events in London: The Directors of the WTO Scholars' Forum would like to invite you to a series of events organized in May: 1. Talk by Professor Don Regan on 'What Are Trade Agreements For?' Thursday 15 May 2008, 2-4pm, Moot Court, UCL Laws, London

New Book Release: International Economic Law - The State and Future of the Discipline

Just a heads up that the book derived from the papers presented at the ASIL-IELG 2006 conference in Bretton Woods, NH (yes, that Bretton Woods!) is now out. Many of the contributions are from familiar names to this Blog (such as Douglas Arner, Andrea Bjorklund, Karen Bravo, Tomer Broude, Isabella

Panels versus the Appellate Body: The DS344 Appeal

Some of you may recall the recent panel ruling in U.S. - Stainless Steel (Mexico) (DS344), where a panel decided not to follow the Appellate Body's "zeroing" jurisprudence, saying the following in this regard: 7.115 We respectfully disagree with the Appellate Body's

Global Food Crisis and the Doha Negotiation

It seems all of sudden, the world is facing a food crisis. Food prices are rising and food shortages growing in different parts of the world. According to news reports, many food producing countries have recently imposed ban, quota or taxes on the export of rice, wheat, barley, and soybeans,

A Gambling "Appeal"?

This would be a novel development, although I must say I'm not sure exactly what Mr. Mendel has in mind: Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney in the Internet gambling trade dispute with the United States, has indicated that the decision by a World Trade Organisation (WTO)

High Gas Prices, OPEC and the WTO

It has been a while since we talked about the possibility of a WTO complaint against OPEC. Given the recent increase in gas prices, I was a bit surprised that it took the U.S. Presidential campaigns so long to raise the issue, but at long last here is something

New World Trade Law Textbook/Casebook

Apologies in advance for the shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to let everyone know that "World Trade Law: Text, Materials and Commentary" (co-authored with Bryan Mercurio, and also featuring Arwel Davies and Kara Leitner) has been published by Hart Publishing. For more information on the book, see http:

Biodiesel Tit-for-Tat

From the EU: In a move which could trigger a new transatlantic trade row, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) said it was formally requsting the EU's executive Commission to hit U.S. imports with anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties due to unfair subsidies."Since 2007, as a result

Development Aid for Education

Development aid can be very controversial. Are we giving enough? Is it for the right projects? Is it effective? Does it harm specific groups? Despite these tough issues, here is an example of a program with long-term benefits that I think just about everyone can get behind: Japan will build

Food Prices and Export Restrictions

The recent rise in food prices seems to be causing some people to take a closer look at export restrictions: From Japan: Japanese Agriculture Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi said on Tuesday that Japan will propose that the World Trade Organisation set clear rules for food export restrictions imposed by producing countries.