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Obama's Trade Views in the Blogosphere

A number of bloggers and others have been talking about Barack Obama's views on trade recently. Many seem to feel that he is moving towards a "populist" view on trade (some make this point approvingly, others disapprovingly). Examples of those in favor of a populist approach

Green Rubber

Not a question of public morals, as you might have thought, but of exhaustible natural resources etc.. This corporation claims to hold the "holy grail" of the rubber industry, the ability to de-vulcanize rubber, permitting its recycling. There was no escaping their four-page, up-front advert in the latest

Trade in Everything: International Basketball

From Sports Illustrated (via CNN): American basketball is planning to create up to five new European franchises who would compete for the NBA Championship, according to a report by Sports Illustrated. The astonishing claims come hard on the heels of plans by the football's English Premier League to

China's Firt Defeat in the WTO

The Panel in the China - Auto Parts case has just issued the interim report. According to several sources, China lost the case. This is rather unsurprising as the legal issues involved in the case are relatively simple. The more interesting question, however, is how China would react to its

Update on the Gambling GATS XXI Arbitration

I had been hoping that the GATS Article XXI arbitration in the Gambling dispute would be as transparent as regular WTO disputes. I'm not sure that will be the case, though, as the arbitration requests have not yet been made public on the WTO's web site

Trade in Everything: Valentine's Day Edition

From The Economist: IF YOU live in Europe and are lucky enough to be given roses by your Valentine, there is a good chance that they were grown in Kenya—specifically, in one of the colossal greenhouses that blot out the once wild shores of Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles)

Thailand - Cigarettes II?

Many of this blog's readers are probably familiar with the old GATT Thailand - Cigarettes dispute. It looks like we might be headed for a (somewhat) similar dispute at the WTO. From an article published just in advance of the WTO complaint: The Philippine government plans to elevate

Obama on Economics and Trade

Barack Obama is following-up his recent primary victories with some new thoughts on economics, to be offered today at a speech at a GM factory. Here is an excerpt of what he will say about trade: It’s also time to look to the future and figure out how to

Does Free Trade Favor Rich Countries?

Tyler Cowen of George Mason interviews Ha-Joon Chang of the University of Cambridge regarding his critical book on free trade: http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v54/i23/chang_cowen/

Beyond "Trade Policy," Towards "Integration Policy"

In the Financial Post, some well known trade experts argue for deeper Canada - U.S. integration: That a big idea on Canada-U.S. trade is needed there is little doubt. ... "We reached the high point in the year 2000 in volume in terms of trucks and human traffic,