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Is the Economics Nobel Committee Allergic to International Trade Issues?

Like many persons, my pronostic was that the 2007 Nobel price in Economics would go to Jagdish Bhagwati. My intuition was that this would have been a way of helping the Doha Round in the same way that the Al Gore Nobel prize is a way of helping Kyoto. Following

More on the Gary Kaplan Prosecution and his WTO Defense

Following-up on my earlier post, first, as of a couple weeks ago Gary Kaplan was still in jail, with bail having been denied. Second, how long before they make a Law and Order episode about this case? Third, here is a brief overview of some of the arguments he

A WTO Decision as a Defense in a Domestic Criminal Proceeding

Now this is interesting. I haven't had a chance to digest it fully, but I thought it worth noting for everyone now. I may come back to it once I've had a chance to think about it more. A few months ago, the FBI arrested BETonSPORTS.

Call for Papers: Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy

National Taiwan University's Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy is calling for papers for its March 2008 issue. Submission deadline is November 20, 2007. More information here: http://www.law.ntu.edu.tw/center/wto/05publications.asp?tb_index=25

Free Trade Funnies

Check out Jon Stewart on free trade and globalization (you have to wait through a short commercial).

More Gambling Submissions

The Antigua legal team has posted some new documents related to the Article 22.6 arbitration in the Gambling dispute, including a written submission which, among other things, responds to some of the U.S. arguments. One important aspect of the parties' disagreement is the following. In arguing for

The State of the Doha Round

The state of the Doha Round is not good. Consider the following. From the U.S.: "U.S. officials lashed out at India, Brazil and other large developing nations, saying that their proposal to exempt a broad range of industrial goods from tariff cuts could blow up continuing global

The Republicans and Free Trade

A recent poll suggested that Republican voters are less enthusiastic about free trade than in the past: By a nearly two-to-one margin, Republican voters believe free trade is bad for the U.S. economy, a shift in opinion that mirrors Democratic views and suggests trade deals could face

SIEL Inaugural Conference - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS - The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law: New Horizons of International Economic Law The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will take place at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva from 15-17 July 2008 (www.

The Costa Rican CAFTA Vote: Yes!

I think the Costa Rican vote on CAFTA is pretty close to decided. Reuters reports that with "ballots from nearly 74 percent of polling stations" counted, "[a]lmost 52 percent of voters backed the Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, while 48 percent voted against it.