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The Real World Impact of WTO Rulings

Yesterday, the Appellate Body upheld many of the violations found in an earlier panel report relating to Japan's countervailing duties on Korean DRAMS. Today, the markets reacted: Seoul shares gained more than 2 percent on Thursday, as local institutional investors chased beaten-down blue chips and chip maker

Some Upcoming Trade Events in Geneva

From Jalal Alavi, three upcoming trade events in Geneva: * World Trade Report 2007 Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11.30 am WTO Headquarters – Centre William Rappard Conference Room II Programme Chair: Keith Rockwell, Director Information and Media Relations 11.30 -11.45 Introductory Remarks Director-General, Pascal Lamy 11.45 -12.

From Last Night's Republican Debate

Some trade questions from last night's Republican Presidential debate: On agriculture subsidies: Ted Faturos: Hi, I'm Ted Faturos from Manhattan Beach, California. Mmmmmm, nothing says delicious like cheap corn subsidized by the American taxpayer. For a lot of Americans, however, a bitter taste is left in

Coming Soon: The Brazil - Tyres AB Report

On December 3, the Appellate Body is scheduled to issue the Brazil - Tyres report. There will be a lot of things said about GATT Article XX, all of which should be interesting and informative. In addition, though, there is a slight posssiblity that the AB will clarify GATT Article XXIV

Categories

I've added categories to the blog (see previous post for an example). It would be too much to go back and classify all the previous posts (510 of them) in particular categories, but hopefully this will be useful going forward.

Environmental Dumping?

This sounds like something along the lines of what Joseph Stiglitz had in mind: [The European Parliament invites the European Commission] to consider whether it would be appropriate to evaluate the rules on trade defence measures, such as the rules on anti-dumping or subsidies, under the WTO aegis, with

Ben Muse: New Blog Location

Ben Muse is moving his trade posts to a new blog, called "The Custom-House." He explains here; the new blog is here.

Antigua Did It. Why Not Fiji?

In the Gambling case, Antigua has done a good job of demonstrating that a small country can have some success in bringing a WTO complaint. Maybe Fiji will follow their example: The chairman of Fiji’s Kava Council Ratu Josateki Nawalowalo, says he will continue to pursue a meeting with

Appellate Body Members Appointed

According to a WTO press release (as also mentioned by Jalal Alavi in the comments), the four new Appellate Body Members have been appointed: The WTO Dispute Settlement Body appointed today (27 November 2007) the following four new members to the seven-member Appellate Body: Ms Lilia R. Bautista of

Trade Versus Environment: Biofuels Again

A New Zealand perspective: Biofuel companies say it would make more sense for them to build plants in subsidised US cornfields than in New Zealand to meet new biofuel sales quotas. They're pressing for protection from US-made competitors who they say could crowd out the market, as