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,
WTO Law & Practice Conference in Chicago
For those in Chicago, the Loyola University Chicago International Law Review will be hosting a conference on February 15 on: WTO Law and Practice: The State of the Discipline. Many of the folks on the left side of this page will be there, along with quite a few others. More
Where's the Beef?
Argentina is limiting its beef exports:
Taming inflation was [former President Nestor] Kirchner's goal when he banned most [Argentine] beef exports last year. This year, exports were capped at 480,000 metric tons, down from nearly 700,000 tons in 2005.
Kirchner's wife, the newly elected
Speaking of NAFTA ...
Speaking of NAFTA, as we were yesterday, the Acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says that it could be "unraveling," as the U.S. and Mexico want to attach a sugar "side agreement" to the new U.S. farm bill, limiting Mexican exports of sugar to