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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
Henry Gao 20 Sep 2007 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 18 Sep 2007 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 17 Sep 2007 1 min read

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
Simon Lester 14 Sep 2007 2 min read

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
Joel Trachtman 14 Sep 2007 1 min read

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
Joel Trachtman 14 Sep 2007 1 min read

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
Henry Gao 14 Sep 2007 1 min read

WTO Forum: Are RTAs Stepping Stones or Obstacles to the WTO?

There is an interesting webcasting on the WTO website (WTO Forum), featuring a brief, yet well-pointed, debate on the merits and demerits of regional trading agreements (RTAs) between Jagdish Bhagwati (an international trade guru, Columbia University Professor) and Gary Hufbauer (a well-known trade commentator at the Peterson Institute)
Sungjoon Cho 13 Sep 2007 1 min read

The "Wrath" of the WTO

It sounds like a Star Trek movie, but it's actually from a BusinessWeek debate sub-titled "The U.S. should heed the wrath of the World Trade Organization by making betting games legal on the Web. Pro or con?" For the "pro" side was
Simon Lester 13 Sep 2007 1 min read

WTO Conference on "Multilateralizing Regionalism"

An interesting, and timely, conference on trade regionalism is taking place in Geneva. It is co-organized by the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, and the WTO Secretariat. Here is the progam with papers. http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/region_e/conference_sept07_e.htm  And, here
Sungjoon Cho 11 Sep 2007 1 min read

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