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Panel on Irwin & Mavroidis, Creating the GATT

Creating the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade:What the Founders Intended, What They Got, and What It Means TodayThursday, November 29, 2007, 9:00–11:00 a.m.Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036International trade scholars Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College
Simon Lester 16 Nov 2007 1 min read

It's Not Just Agriculture

The zeroing litigation seems to be winding down (albeit very slowly), but the zeroing negotiations may be heating up.  From Reuters: Congress is likely to reject a world trade agreement unless it restores eroded U.S. ability to impose duties on unfairly traded imports, a pair of senior Democratic lawmakers
Simon Lester 15 Nov 2007 1 min read

Some Gambling Case Irony

From a gambling news web site: Gary Loveman, CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, announced at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas that the World Series of Poker may soon branch into online formats in Europe. ... The irony of the move by Harrah's, and part of the
Simon Lester 15 Nov 2007 1 min read

More on (Alleged) Tax and Trade Inequities

I posted a while back on the treatment of different tax systems (direct vs. indirect systems) under trade rules.  Here's an FT op-ed that makes the case that the current system is unfair to U.S. producers.  The authors argue as follows: In 2005, 137 nations accounting for
Simon Lester 14 Nov 2007 1 min read

Coming Soon: The EC - Salmon Panel Report

It is being reported that the EC - Salmon WTO panel report, which deals with an anti-dumping determination, will be circulated this Friday. According to Norway, the final report "is the same as the interim decision in August, which Norway considered a victory." According to the EC, "
Simon Lester 14 Nov 2007 1 min read

From the House Gambling Hearing

I decided I wasn't up for live blogging the House hearing on internet gambling, but here is a brief review of some points that were made.  (You can view the webcast here -- it's still ongoing, but they have taken a break). [UPDATE - here is
Simon Lester 14 Nov 2007 4 min read

House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Internet Gambling

Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on "Establishing Consistent Enforcement Policies in the Context of Online Wagers."  The Committee's press release says: "Famed poker player Annie Duke will testify at the hearing."  But from a trade lawyer's perspective, the
Simon Lester 13 Nov 2007 1 min read

Two WTO Related Blogs

I wanted to mention two WTO-specific blogs that might be of interest to readers of this blog: * WTO and China, by Henry Gao, a contributor and frequent commenter on this blog. * India in the WTO, by Seema Sapra, a frequent commenter on this blog. Check them out when you have
Simon Lester 13 Nov 2007 1 min read

No News is Bad News at the WTO?

Another China WTO dispute on the horizon: China was criticised at the World Trade Organisation on Monday for its restrictions on foreign news agencies who are unable to sell their information to local media, trade sources said. Canada, the United States, Japan and the European Union all requested more information
Simon Lester 12 Nov 2007 1 min read

More on Mitt Romney's Trade Vision

Ben Muse's post on Mitt Romney reminds me that there is more to Mitt Romney's trade views than I mentioned in my earlier post.  Picking out some of the aspects I found most interesting, Romney would like to see the following: * U.S. and multilateral efforts
Simon Lester 11 Nov 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?
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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.
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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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