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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Appellate Body Nominations

In a previous post, I mentioned that the following AB members will be stepping down soon: * Merit Janow, United States (December 10, 2007) * Yasuhei Taniguchi, Japan (December 10, 2007) * Georges Abi-Saab, Egypt (May 31, 2008) * A.V. Ganesan, India (May 31, 2008) The WTO now reports the following about

Agricultural Subsidies and Dumping

When there are accusations of "dumping" in foreign markets as a result of agricultural subsidies, it is usually the U.S. and EU and other rich countries that are accused of wrongdoing. So I thought it was interesting to see that India was being accused of the same

A New IEL Journal

There's a new IEL journal starting up: The Indian Journal of International Economic Law. It's part of the National Law School of India. Here is its call for papers: Indian Journal of International Economic Law invites submission of articles and case-notes dealing with current topics