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Challenging China's Export Credits at the WTO

A couple years ago, I wrote about the possibility of challenging China's export credit practices under WTO rules. In that post, I noted the skepticism of others about such a challenge, and concluded with this: I have more hope for a systemic case against China's export

The President’s (and USTR’s) Trade Agreement Authority: From Fisheries to IPEF

This is a post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. It is cross-posted on Lawfare. Over the last few years, separation-of-trade-law-powers questions have grown in importance. We know the basics: according to the Constitution, the regulation of commerce with foreign nations is expressly and unmistakably a congressional prerogative. Treaty-making, on

Sabine Weyand Comments on WTO Dispute Settlement Reform

At a CSIS event today on "Rethinking Trade In a Geopolitical Context: Trends and Transatlantic Cooperation," European Commission Director General for Trade Sabine Weyand spoke with Bill Reinsch about a number of issues, and they had this exchange on WTO dispute settlement reform: Reinsch: This [question] comes from

Comments Regarding U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade

U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade Prof. Steve Charnovitz I support the Biden Administration's efforts to improve cooperation with Taiwan. Strengthening Taiwan's economic and political sovereignty is important both for the people of Taiwan and for stability in East Asia. Taiwan improved its international

General vs. Specific Non-Discrimination Obligations and Exceptions in Digital Trade

Following up on my last post, let me go into more detail about an issue that was under the surface in that post but I didn't really get in to: I think there is some overlap between a general non-discrimination obligation, on the one hand, and a specific

Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective - Webinar

This is from Professor Marcin Menkes about an upcoming webinar: Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective 14 July 2022 Time zone: CET Venue: This is an online conference. Please register here Conveners: Prof. Marcin J. Menkes, Warsaw School of Economics Prof. Csongor István Nagy, University of

Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Trade Products in the EU-NZ FTA

Last year, I did some blog posts and a short paper that looked at the wording of the provision in digital trade chapters/agreements on "Non‐ Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Products." The basic point was that the usual language in this provision refers to "digital products,"

AD & CVD provisions in the EU-NZ FTA

Negotiations concluded this week on yet another free trade agreement, this time between the European Union and New Zealand. Chapter 5 of the EU-NZ FTA is about trade remedies. Section A of that chapter deals with antidumping and countervailing duties. As a trade remedies nerd, I always like to take

Do Trade Agreements Involve More or Less Deference to Business?

This is something Beth Baltzan, a Senior Advisor at USTR, said at last week's Economist Impact's 2nd annual Global Trade Week as part of a panel discussion on digital trade agreements: We need to think about the philosophy that led to the creation of the trade

Online Symposium: The Global Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals & the Law Symposium

From the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL): What are the laws and public policies linking our global economy with sustainability? How can law and governance innovations, worldwide, contribute to people, prosperity and protection of our planet? Please Register Here Now for The Global Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals