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The WTO and Everything: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Exchange Rates

Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian have a new paper proposing WTO involvement in these issues (greater involvement in the case of exchange rates). Here is the synopsis: Two aspects of global imbalances—undervalued exchange rates and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)—require a multilateral response. For reasons of inadequate leverage and

Classification of Developing Countries at the WTO

A reader of this blog is doing research on the classification of developing countries at the WTO, and asked me to pose the following question: Does anyone have any suggestions for resources that discuss the classification of WTO Members as developed, developing, or least-developed? Any thoughts on this can be

Investor-State Arbitration and the U.S. Presidential Campaign

From Alan Beattie in the FT: Amid the noisy battering the North American Free Trade Agreement is taking from both Democratic presidential hopefuls, one recent statement from Hillary Clinton was particularly resonant. “We will have a very clear view of how we’re going to review Nafta ,” the New York

The Next Gambling Dispute?

As was widely reported yesterday, the EU is launching an internal investigation on U.S. online gambling laws, to decide whether to bring a WTO complaint: The European Union threatened to lodge a complaint at the World Trade Organization over U.S. laws that bar gambling Web sites, saying they

Obama/Clinton and Boeing vs. McCain and Airbus

As if the Boeing vs. Airbus controversy on the Air Force tanker deal wasn't political enough already, with Obama and Clinton criticizing the decision to award the contract to a group that includes Airbus, now there's this: Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential

A Compulsory Licensing Complaint?

Whenever I hear about compulsory licensing done pursuant to the TRIPS Agreement and related instruments, I wonder whether IP companies will lobby for a formal complaint against the practice. It is permitted in principle, of course, but there is always the possibility that the applicable rules have not been followed.

A New Kind of Outsourcing

From The Onion (via Greg Mankiw), a new form of outsourcing: (Let me just repeat, for those who didn't catch it, this is from The Onion).

The Zeroing (DS344) Appeal

Recalling Sungjoon's much commented on post here on the panel report in U.S. - Stainless Steel (Mexico), this is from the U.S. oral statement in the appeal of that report: 5. The zeroing reports represent a long-running dispute between the Appellate Body and panels – composed primarily

More of the WTO Gambling Dispute in Domestic Law

The Gambling dispute has been great for opportunities to raise WTO law in domestic law. Here's another example, from the Imega vs. Gonzalez decision, issued this past week by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which involved a complaint against the Unlawful Internet

Trade in Everything: New Zealand Fashion

I always hear good things about New Zealand and New Zealanders. I didn't realize they were so stylish, though: New Zealand is now home to a vibrant and steadily expanding fashion industry, with some 50 established labels, up from a handful ten years ago, half of which sell