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Regulating Online Gambling, er, Predicting

From the AP: The rising popularity of markets where guesses are wagered on the outcome of everything from presidential elections to celebrity marriages has led to a situation that, well, many had predicted. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday said it is considering whether these markets should be regulated,

What's Going on with Fast Track?

Claude Barfield explains the recent fast track battle and rule changes resulting from the Colombia FTA fight: The Showdown Tellingly, the planning of the coup against the fast-track process came, not from the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade, but rather from the Rules Committee.

Aircraft Subsidy Wars

No, not Airbus versus Boeing. This time it's Missouri versus Quebec, fighting over an assembly plant for a Bombardier airplane: Bombardier's preferred site is Mirabel, near Montreal. In 2005, Ottawa offered $350 million in refundable assistance and seems to be sticking to this. Quebec promised a

Obama on Ethanol

With Obama's fairly good showing last night, I thought it worth looking at some of his trade positions again. Back in Iowa, he firmly supported ethanol subsidies. But will the ongoing food price crisis change his views? Maybe so, based on his recent statements in an appearance on

OPEC WTO Legislation Introduced

From a press release by Senator Frank Lautenberg: Late last week, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation to force action against the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for its anti-competitive practices and illegal export quotas on oil, which ultimately lead to higher gas

Trade in Everything: Crime

I'm going to rip-off Simon's regular series title to seek comments on an upcoming article of mine co-authored with my colleague, Dr. Doron Teichman, an expert on crime displacement. Entitled "Outsourcing and Insourcing International Crime: The Political Economy of Globalized Criminal Activity"

Possible New Investment Treaty Rules for Non-Discrimination

From a Norwegian draft model BIT (MS Word document) that reader Perry Bechky pointed me to: Article 3: NATIONAL TREATMENT 1. Each Party shall accord to investors of the other Party and to their investments, treatment no less favourable than the treatment it accords in like circumstances[FN2] to its

Clinton and Obama on Currency

From the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton takes on the China currency issue: The China Currency Coalition ("CCC") today greeted enthusiastically the announcement by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) that she has become a co-sponsor of S. 796, the Fair Currency Act of 2007, also known as the

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,

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,