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More on Trade Measures and the Environment

Past blog discussions on trade measures designed to promote environmental protection have focused on proposals by Joseph Stiglitz and various EU officials (see here, here, here and here). Now it seems that the U.S. is getting into the act. Retaliatory steps that comply with world trade rules could be

The Gambling Case: Both Tracks Moving Forward

Both tracks of the Gambling case continue to move ahead, with the parties still trying to reach agreement (and not getting that close, it seems). With regard to the U.S. withdrawal of its Gambling services commitments, the Financial Times reports that the U.S. compensation proposal to the EU

From Dubai Ports to Dubai Stocks

One of the earliest topics on this blog was the Dubai Ports controversy (see here, here and here). Now another Dubai company's purchase of U.S. assets is in the news: "Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. struck a complex deal to sell a 20 percent stake to the

Call for Submissions: Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

Call for Submissions The Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs commenced publication in 1981 under the auspices of the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law. The Yearbook publishes on multi-disciplinary topics with a focus on international and comparative law issues regarding Taiwan, Mainland China and cross-strait relations. In

New WTO Docs

For those who are interested, here is China's WTO consultations request related to U.S. AD/CVDs on coated paper: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/cr/ds368-1(cr).pdf Also of interest is Korea's notification of an other appeal in the Japan - DRAMS CVDs case. A

More Appellate Body Nominations

Over at the International Law Reporter blog, Jacob Katz Cogan reports that: China also submitted two nominations: Zhang Yuejiao (a law professor and former government official who was also nominated for an earlier opening) and Zhang Yuqing (an attorney and former government official). Japan has nominated Shotaro Oshima, its former

More from the BusinessWeek Gambling Debate

Yesterday I mentioned the BusinessWeek debate on how the U.S. should respond to the WTO Gambling decision. The user comments on the debate continue, and I found one aspect somewhat interesting. One of the comments came from a "G Clark," who I think was one of the

Globalization Backlash and WTO PR: Things Go Better with Coke

It seems as though one of the prerequesites for a successful round of trade negotiations is support by U.S. business. Coke seems to be leading the way in drumming up the support, according to today's FT: Neville Isdell, chief executive of Coca-Cola , has criticised corporate leaders for

AB Public Forum in October

Appellate Body to host session in the Public Forum 2007 on the impact of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism The session will examine the role of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism in the multilateral trading system and, more generally, in the broader context of the deepening and specialization of international

The War Has Finally Broken Out

It seems that the battles the US took against China in the WTO has just turned into a full-blown trade war, with China returning the shots, for the first time (not counting the steel safeguard case in 2003) since it joined the WTO, by formally requesting consultations under the DSU