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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

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

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