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Trade in Everything: Soccer Players

From the AP: Argentine midfielder Marcelo Gallardo signed with D.C. United on Monday, the biggest of five South American additions to the club within the past week. The team also added Peruvian goalkeeper Jose Carvallo and Argentine defender Gonzalo Peralta on Monday as the team held its first preseason

Disguised Protectionism and Brazil - Tyres

Over at Eyes on Trade, Todd Tucker had this to say in reaction to the Brazil - Tyres decision: No one would say that Brazil's enviro policy was the perfect solution to the problem. But many, many environmental policies are that imperfect. Perhaps due to other influences in the

Trade in Everything: Medical Tourism

From the NY Times, a report on U.S. men going to Mexico for a controversial medical treatment: PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Some weekends, more than a dozen American men wait at beachfront hotels, anxious for their turns in the treatment room at a small private hospital here. They are medical

Welcome to New Blogger Meredith Lewis

We have a new contributor: Meredith Lewis of Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty in New Zealand. A big welcome to Meredith!

Obama on Clinton on Trade

The U.S. Presidential campaign is getting somewhat heated on the Democratic side, and the acrimony seems to have spilled into trade policy: On trade [Barack Obama] also criticized her for saying one thing and taking another position when she decided to run for the presidency. “Because only in Washington

From Last Night's Republican Debate: China Trade

The Republican candidates were debating in Florida last night. In response to a question about tax cutting, Governor Huckabee said the following: But let me speak to the really heart of what I think a lot of Americans are concerned about with the economy. And frankly, in talking about the

The Candidates' Economists on Trade

Over at Eyes on Trade, Holly Shulman has a great post about a conference in which several of the Presidential candidates' economic advisers talked about their views on economic issues. She "loosely transcribed" what they said on trade. Here are some snippets (there is more at her

Fast Track to Trade Promotion Authority

I just happened on a very nice compilation of the U.S. Trade Promotion Authority law and background materials. It is at http://finance.senate.gov/TradePromotionAuthority.pdf

WTO Law and Practice: The State of the Discipline

"WTO Law and Practice: The State of the Discipline February 15, 2008 Chicago, IL The American Society of International Law and the Loyola University Chicago School of Law present the International Law Review 2008 Symposium; a one-day conference and workshop that will focus on recent developments in World

Can Individuals Be Prosecuted Under WTO-Inconsistent Laws? You Can Bet on It

A large and sophisticated literature examines the normative desirability of granting "direct effect" to WTO law in domestic courts. However, much of this scholarship focuses on civil litigation. A related, but largely unexplored, question relates to the impact, if any, of WTO law on criminal prosecutions. In particular,