See them "debate" at the WTO's new on-line forum, moderated by Keith Rockwell.

For those who want to know what's in the new China currency bill but don't want to read the bill itself, Dan Ikenson of the Cato Institute has some analysis and commentary.  His view of the bill:  "Despite some harsh provisions, it could have been

We are starting a new blog related to this one.  It will be similar in substantive scope, although much different in nature.  The idea is to make it more of a news-reporting blog, with law (and other) students doing the posting.  We have it going now in "beta"

EU agricultural ministers agreed on a mandatory labeling (logo) regime for organic food, which replaces a previous voluntary labeling scheme adopted in 1991. (See Financial Times, Fears EU Logo Sets Organic Standards Too Low, June 13, 2007, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b0694860-194b-11dc-a961-000b5df10621.html.) This new regime is slated

I just received the following notice--it looks like it will be an excellent resource. CEPR (the Center for Economic Policy Research) has launched a new website, VoxEU.org , that is to be a focal point for research-based discussion and analysis of policy relevant economics by researchers. The plan is that

The panel report in the Brazil-Tyres case is out.  In this important case involving environmental justification for Brazil's import ban on used tires, the panel found that while Brazil's measure is "necessary" within the meaning of GATT XX(b), it does not satisfy the

See Julian Ku's post at Opinio Juris about Putin's suggestion that an alternative to the WTO that focused on poor countries should be considered. Of course, this is not the first time that an alternative to the WTO/GATT has been discussed. For a nice account

Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced the Border Tax Equity Act: A bipartisan quartet of Congressmen today introduced legislation that would levy a border tax on imported goods unless the U.S. Trade Representative negotiates with other countries to end their border taxes on U.

I need two things explained to me.  First, why are all the world leaders in a hurry to have their picture taken with Bono and Geldof, as opposed to say, spending time working out what to do about world problems?  Including Bush, who presumably would just as soon listen to

Under the SCM Agreement, there is no need to demonstrate "adverse effects" for subsidies in the prohibited category and there are shorter than normal time-frames for compliance where these subsidies have been found in violation.  As a result, complaints under the prohibited category are much more attractive to