Most of the talk about carbon border taxes involves imposing taxes/charges in a manner that might discriminate against China and other developing countries.  But could China impose a border tax of its own?  They might not be there quite yet, but they seem to be thinking about these kinds

As noted in an earlier post, I don't know if this issue is building up momentum, but I seem to be coming across it quite a bit.  This is from an op-ed in the Boston Globe: The second core problem is hidden foreign tariffs called value-added

Fernando Teson (with co-author Jonathan Klick) has an interesting take on trade and global justice. See here. This is the abstract: "Economists generally agree that free trade leads to economic growth. This proposition is supported both by theoretical models and empirical data. Further, while the empirical evidence is

The Economist has two articles this week on the America's Climate Security Act (ACSA), a bill in the U.S. Senate.  They are generally in favor of its goals (reduction of greenhouses gases through a cap-and-trade scheme), but have a concern about one aspect of it.

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

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

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

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, "