A few months ago, I did a post praising a paper by the WTO's Mireille Cossy, which was on "likeness" and non-discrimination under the GATS.  I stand by my statement that she "addressed some of the hard issues involved in an intelligent way."  However,

In yesterday's FT, Gary Hufbauer and Theodore Moran argue against the inclusion of requirements for core labor standards in fast track legislation: US congressional Democrats, led by Sandy Levin and Barney Frank, are insisting that core labour standards promoted by the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation be included

It has long been recognized that the Bretton Woods system no longer serves the contemporary international trade order. As Frieder Roessler concluded in his piece "The Relationship Between the World Trade Order and the International Monetary System" (see Chapter 7 of his book, "Essay on the International

For those in Geneva (or those willing to make the trip), DG Trade posted the following on its web site in relation to public access to the DS316 Aircraft panel meeting: External Trade draws your attention to a public viewing of the panel hearing in the WTO dispute between the

People interested in L&E, law reform and development, might be interested in this call for papers published by the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies. I copy the background section below: "The model of the relationship of law to economics provided by the current

Marc's previous post referred to the silence of international trade law on the currency manipulation issue.  Looks like some people are trying to change that, at least under domestic law.  According to a news report, two U.S. Senators, Debbie Stabenow and Jim Bunning, have "introduced legislation

The late Raymond Vernon was fond of saying that Multinational Corporations are everywhere except in economic textbooks. In the same vein, I would say that currency manipulation is everywhere the talk of the day except in international trade law which is strangely silent on this issue. In an interesting article,

Over at Opinio Juris, Julian Ku has some thoughts on recent and past efforts to incorporate labor rights into trade agreements.