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

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

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

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

Trade in food products can have tremendous political resonance.  A new example of this phenomenon is the mass protests in South Korea regarding the proposed reopening of South Korea’s market to US beef in light of alleged risks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“mad cow disease”).  The protests have deepened

A guest post from Christoph Herrman: Lisbon Treaty's Future Uncertain On June 12, the people of Ireland in constitutionally required referendum rejected the "Lisbon Treaty" which would bring about significant changes to the Treaties forming the legal fundament of the European Union and the European Community,

From a press release by Sen. Frank Lautenberg Today, a coalition of eleven Senators led by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D – NJ) called on the Bush Administration to take action in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against eight Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by ordering United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador

From an initial reading (and for the sake of discussion), the latest Panel Report (DS360 -- India - Additional and Extra-Additional Duties on Imports from the United States) released last week appears to enrich WTO jurisprudence on the fundamentals of tariff bindings under Article II GATT, if only because of its