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Trade and Health Care

Over at Eyes on Trade, Todd Tucker says: "a move to universal health care could be challenged as a limitation on market access for health insurance companies." Upon reading this, my first thought was to look at the relevant part of the U.S. GATS Schedule to see

Fragmentation Can of Worms

I thought it might be interesting if we try to develop an inventory of circumstances in which WTO law conflicts with other international law, in the narrow meaning of "conflict". That is, where are there specific circumstances in which an obligation of WTO law requires or prohibits an

How Sweet It Is

Sugar is fairly big down here in Palm Beach County. My local paper just ran a story on the recent lobbying efforts to moderate the effect of free trade in sugar between the U.S. and Mexico pursuant to NAFTA, by putting up various new trade barriers. The article notes

Is Obama Better Than Clinton On Free Trade?

Here's an argument from Daniel Koffler that he is: Whereas Clinton has recently taken to pulling protectionist stunts and rethinking the fundamental theoretical soundness of free trade, and Edwards is behaving like the love child of Huey Long and Pat Buchanan, Obama instinctively supports free trade and grasps

Airbus vs. Boeing: In the Courts and In the Market

The Airbus-Boeing WTO dispute is plodding along. It's fine with me if the panels take their time. I'm not sure I'll ever be quite ready to digest the monstrous panel reports that are likely to come out of this dispute. In the meantime,

Trade in Everything: Dental Services

Reuters reports: It was fear of the hefty bill as much as fear of the drill that kept American musician Don Clay away from U.S. dental clinics for 30 years. Shrugging off concerns about hygiene and Mexico 's brutal drug war, thousands of Americans are heading to Ciudad

A "United States of Africa"?

Is a "United States of Africa" possible: Proponents of the so-called "United States of Africa" want to develop a central government, army, and foreign policy. They say a cohesive continent would better compete in the global economy. But with 53 African countries, is it realistic?

Trade Talk in Davos

Most of us did not get an invitation to Davos, but YouTube has some video of the trade talk going on over there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jOIAvsPa8. Thanks to Amy Porges for the pointer.

ASEAN Secretariat Job

The ASEAN Secretariat is looking to hire a "Legal Expert Under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Project on 'Strengthening Capacity of the ASEAN Secretariat in Regional Economic Integration and Policy Dialogue.'" See here for more.

AD/CVD and Currency Manipulation

Chris Padilla, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, says that using AD/CVD duties to fight currency manipulation is not a good idea: The Chinese currency has received particular legislative attention. I will leave it to my colleagues at the Treasury to discuss currency policy. Instead, I will address