Appellate Body Bios
Following-up on Joost's post below, here are some fairly recent bios of the four new AB Members:
Lilia Bautista (Philippines)
Jennifer Hillman (US)
Shotaro Oshima (Japan)
Zhang Yuejiao (China)
New Appellate Body Members
Wednesday's recommendations by the AB selection committee leaked on "WTO Reporter" http://www.bna.com/products/corplaw/wtor.htm.
Here are the reported results:
Janow (US) and Tanaguchi (Japan) to be replaced by Hillman (US) and Bautista (Philippines) in December, 2007
Abi-Saab (Egypt) and Ganesan
John Edwards' Trade Vision
In the context of opposing the U.S. - Peru FTA, John Edwards said the following:
I believe we need to follow four principles to make sure that globalization works for everyone, starting right here at home.
First, our multilateral and bilateral trade deals and unilateral trade preferences must help America.
"I don't want this party to be viewed as an anti-trade party"
... said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in support of the U.S. - Peru FTA, which passed the House by a wide margin. Other Democrats supporting the deal had the following to say:
"This is the first step toward a new trade agreement," said Rep. Sander M. Levin of Michigan,
Two PhD Positions at the University of Maastricht
The Faculty of Law of Maastricht University is offering two Ph.D. positions in the field of International Economic Law. The Ph.D. projects will be carried out in the framework of the Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation.
One Ph.D. project concerns the tension between private-sector standards
Dennis Kucinich's Trade Vision
It seems very unlikely that we will ever see a Kucinich Presidency, but nonetheless I found this statement of Kucinich's thoughts on trade interesting:
The first act in office is going to be to cancel NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement] and withdraw from the WTO [World Trade
Notes from the Bananas 21.5 Panel Hearing
As announced by the WTO, the recent panel hearings in the EC - Bananas, Article 21.5 dispute brought by the U.S. were open to the public. Unlike some other recent open panel hearings, for this one the public could view the questions from the panel and the parties'
Paul Rubin on Evolution and Trade Policy
I just saw this on SSRN and thought others might find it interesting:
Paul H. Rubin - Evolution, Immigration and Trade - washingtonpost.com http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/07/...
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Evolution, Immigration and Trade
By Paul H. Rubin
Call for Submissions: ASIL Insights, International Economic Law Edition
The International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the ASIL, is pleased to announce the launch of “ASIL Insights - International Economic Law Edition.” The IELIG promotes academic interest, discussion, research and publication on subjects broadly related to the transnational movement
Coming Soon: The Gambling Arbitration Ruling
One of Antigua's lawyers says the Arbitrator's ruling in the Gambling case will be out on November 30. I will be very impressed if they can reach a decision by then -- they have a lot to sort through.
He also said that any IP sanctions might