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Forced Labor in International Economic Law: U.S. and Chinese Initiatives, and the Persistent Silence of the Exploited

In the United States, August is the time of year when professors and students scramble to get their affairs in order before the academic term. I should be doing those things. Instead (I’m not procrastinating, you’re procrastinating), I’ve decided to share my thoughts on the recent forced

Electric Vehicle Tax Credits and Non-Discrimination under the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that was recently passed by the Senate has a complex set of assembly and content requirements for its electric vehicle (EV) tax credits. This post offers a few thoughts on domestic content requirements as a matter of policy, possible U.S. justifications under WTO law

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Here is a link to the transcript of my July 2022 Podcast on the optimal components of a worker-centered US trade policy. (Thanks to Torres Trade Law) /content/files/podcast_images/transcript/8528--Episode-8---Worker-Centered-Trade.pdf

Using Trade Strategies to Combat Forced Labor

Using Trade Strategies to Combat Forced Labor Steve Charnovitz 10 August 2022 What is the role of trade strategies in combatting forced labor? As an international lawyer addressing an international problem, I always begin analysis with international strategies. Since forced labor is inherently a labor issue, one should begin with

Can Tariffs Help Bring Down Carbon Emissions? Maybe, But Probably Not Under Current Proposals

Recently, I came across two arguments for the U.S. and EU to use tariffs as penalties designed to bring down carbon emissions: * Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggested that "laggards and high polluting countries [will be] forced to step up and comply by virtue of the economic pressure on them

The Turkey - Pharmaceutical Products Article 25 (Appellate Review) Award

Meet the new appellate review, same as the old appellate review? That was my first thought as I read the Article 25 arbitration award in Turkey - Pharmaceutical Products, the first time Article 25 has been used for appellate review. But I have only just skimmed it quickly at this

Dani Rodrik's Latest

For almost as long as I've been working in trade policy, Dani Rodrik has been pushing for more protectionism and industrial policy, less trade and globalization, and weaker international trade institutions. He calls his latest argument for this approach "productivism," and he recently wrote a short

ANZSIL IEL Interest Group Call for Papers and Invitation to Workshop

This is from the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AND INVITATION TO 2022 WORKSHOP The ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) was established in 2011 to provide a forum for those interested in international economic law, especially international regulation of trade, investment,

TOWARDS A NEW APPELLATE BODY TAKING THE FORM OF A REAL STANDING TRIBUNAL

With regard to the rigidity of the old appellate Body to overturn its own jurisprudence, I think an "INSTITUTONAL" (instead of cultural) angle of analysis is the most promising path to understand this rigidity. The old Appellate Body was NOT a standing tribunal as for example the ICJ.

Challenging China's Export Credits at the WTO

A couple years ago, I wrote about the possibility of challenging China's export credit practices under WTO rules. In that post, I noted the skepticism of others about such a challenge, and concluded with this: I have more hope for a systemic case against China's export