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Zeroing Showdown

Reuters reports: The United States squared off against other World Trade Organisation members on Wednesday over its use of import penalties, an issue diplomats see as the latest obstacle to a new global trade deal. The U.S. view: "It is a very serious issue," U.S. ambassador
Simon Lester 12 Dec 2007 1 min read

Peter Sutherland on the Doha Round and Hillary Clinton's Remarks

From an FT interview: CP: Does Hillary Clinton’s intervention suggest that the WTO is effectively finished as the main forum for liberalising trade? PS: Absolutely not. Absolutely not, even if those policies were pursued in an administration in the future I don’t believe that they would have that
Simon Lester 12 Dec 2007 1 min read

A Domestic SPS Dispute

If Florida and California were sovereign states, they might be at the WTO with this: Last week, the Florida Department of Agriculture issued a new regulation requiring all citrus fruit shipped from California to Florida to be inspected, fumigated and certified free of a fungal disease known as Septoria spot.
Simon Lester 12 Dec 2007 1 min read

A Suggestion to Negotiators on Fisheries Subsidies: Insert a Conflict Clause in Annex VIII.

In the new draft SCM, Annex VIII on fisheries Subsidies appears, as indicated by its name, as a simple Annex which is an integral part of the draft SCM by virtue of Article 32.8 of this draft.    This is however a fiction since Annex VIII on fisheries subsidies is
Marc Benitah 12 Dec 2007 1 min read

The Gambling Arbitration Ruling: Coming Soon (Maybe)

I feel like I am repeating myself here, but this is what is being reported: "We feel pretty confident about our case, to be honest. We really feel like we have the upper hand here," Mark Mendel, a private attorney representing Antigua, told Reuters ahead of an expected
Simon Lester 10 Dec 2007 1 min read

Softwood Lumber Hearing Open to the Public

For those in New York, from USTR's web site: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) wishes to inform the public of an opportunity to view a public hearing before the Tribunal considering the arbitration under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Between the Government of the
Simon Lester 10 Dec 2007 1 min read

USTR Susan Schwab's Views on Carbon Border Measures

From a speech in Indonesia: There has been a great deal of media attention based on statements from those who propose restricting imports based on carbon intensity of production methods. This is the wrong action at wrong time. Restricting imports easily leads to covert protectionism, undermining both environment and economic
Simon Lester 10 Dec 2007 1 min read

WTO Rules and Free Speech

This will be a fun case to watch if it goes anywhere: The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), a free speech and government transparency group, has launched an initiative to use international trade laws to force the government of China to end its censorship of the Internet and to remove
Simon Lester 10 Dec 2007 3 min read

More Reaction to the Draft Rules Text

For those in DC: THE AMBASSADOR'S DART BOARD: Responses to the Doha "Rules" Paper Published by Chairman Guillermo Valles Galmés Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:30 – 10:30 A.M. (Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.) The National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW, 13th
Simon Lester 09 Dec 2007 1 min read

International Tribunals Don't Like Zeroing

It's not just the WTO.  Last week, a NAFTA Chapter 19 tribunal that was considering a Department of Commerce AD ruling found zeroing to be impermissible: In sum, on the issue of the permissibility of zeroing, the Panel remands the matter back to Commerce to re-calculate Mittal’s
Simon Lester 08 Dec 2007 1 min read

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Could Congress Extend the USMCA for Another Term?

People have been assuming that the decision on whether to extend the USMCA for another term is up to President Trump, but based on the language of the USMCA related to the upcoming joint review, could Congress actually have the power to make this decision on its own?
04 May 2026 4 min read

Is There No Going Back on Trade? What Is the Path Forward? A Response to Lighthizer

Former U.S. Trade Rep. Bob Lighthizer has a new essay in Foreign Affairs, and I have some thoughts. I'm going to start with his brief big picture points on the direction of U.S. trade policy, and then go through a couple of the specific concepts he emphasizes.
27 Apr 2026 6 min read

The Section 301 Excess Capacity Investigation Needs Less Madness, More Method

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump’s emergency tariffs under IEEPA  unconstitutional, the administration scrambled to rebuild its tariff wall. While the announcement of Section 122 tariffs immediately following the ruling will provide a temporary patch, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office quickly began to utilize another
24 Apr 2026 6 min read

War Tariffs

This is a co-authored post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would be imposing new tariffs of 50 percent of the value of any product coming from any country that sells weapons or provides military aid to Iran. Some commentators questioned
14 Apr 2026 5 min read

USMCA Review and Extension Predictions

When the idea of an expiration clause was suggested during the NAFTA renegotiation, I was against it from the start, and Inu and I wrote a pretty critical piece about it at the time. A review is great, we said, let's definitely have reviews, and there are plenty of ways to do that.
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

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