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ANZSIL IEL Interest Group Call for Papers and Invitation to Workshop

This is from the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR AND INVITATION TO 2022 WORKSHOP The ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) was established in 2011 to provide a forum for those interested in international economic law, especially international regulation of trade, investment,
Simon Lester 24 Jul 2022 1 min read

TOWARDS A NEW APPELLATE BODY TAKING THE FORM OF A REAL STANDING TRIBUNAL

With regard to the rigidity of the old appellate Body to overturn its own jurisprudence, I think an "INSTITUTONAL" (instead of cultural) angle of analysis is the most promising path to understand this rigidity. The old Appellate Body was NOT a standing tribunal as for example the ICJ.
Marc Benitah 23 Jul 2022 1 min read

Challenging China's Export Credits at the WTO

A couple years ago, I wrote about the possibility of challenging China's export credit practices under WTO rules. In that post, I noted the skepticism of others about such a challenge, and concluded with this: I have more hope for a systemic case against China's export
Simon Lester 17 Jul 2022 3 min read

The President’s (and USTR’s) Trade Agreement Authority: From Fisheries to IPEF

This is a post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer.  It is cross-posted on Lawfare. Over the last few years, separation-of-trade-law-powers questions have grown in importance. We know the basics: according to the Constitution, the regulation of commerce with foreign nations is expressly and unmistakably a congressional prerogative. Treaty-making, on
Kathleen Claussen 15 Jul 2022 7 min read

Sabine Weyand Comments on WTO Dispute Settlement Reform

At a CSIS event today on "Rethinking Trade In a Geopolitical Context: Trends and Transatlantic Cooperation," European Commission Director General for Trade Sabine Weyand spoke with Bill Reinsch about a number of issues, and they had this exchange on WTO dispute settlement reform: Reinsch: This [question] comes from
Simon Lester 13 Jul 2022 2 min read

Comments Regarding U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade

U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade Prof. Steve Charnovitz I support the Biden Administration's efforts to improve cooperation with Taiwan. Strengthening Taiwan's economic and political sovereignty is important both for the people of Taiwan and for stability in East Asia.  Taiwan improved its international
Charnovitz 12 Jul 2022 4 min read

General vs. Specific Non-Discrimination Obligations and Exceptions in Digital Trade

Following up on my last post, let me go into more detail about an issue that was under the surface in that post but I didn't really get in to: I think there is some overlap between a general non-discrimination obligation, on the one hand, and a specific
Simon Lester 12 Jul 2022 4 min read

Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective - Webinar

This is from Professor Marcin Menkes about an upcoming webinar: Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective 14 July 2022 Time zone: CET Venue: This is an online conference. Please register here Conveners: Prof. Marcin J. Menkes, Warsaw School of Economics Prof. Csongor István Nagy, University of
Simon Lester 12 Jul 2022 1 min read

Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Trade Products in the EU-NZ FTA

Last year, I did some blog posts and a short paper that looked at the wording of the provision in digital trade chapters/agreements on "Non‐ Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Products." The basic point was that the usual language in this provision refers to "digital products,"
Simon Lester 10 Jul 2022 2 min read

AD & CVD provisions in the EU-NZ FTA

Negotiations concluded this week on yet another free trade agreement, this time between the European Union and New Zealand. Chapter 5 of the EU-NZ FTA is about  trade remedies. Section A of that chapter deals with antidumping and countervailing duties. As a trade remedies nerd, I always like to take
Jesse Kreier 08 Jul 2022 2 min read

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War Tariffs

This is a co-authored post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would be imposing new tariffs of 50 percent of the value of any product coming from any country that sells weapons or provides military aid to Iran. Some commentators questioned
14 Apr 2026 5 min read

USMCA Review and Extension Predictions

When the idea of an expiration clause was suggested during the NAFTA renegotiation, I was against it from the start, and Inu and I wrote a pretty critical piece about it at the time. A review is great, we said, let's definitely have reviews, and there are plenty of ways to do that.
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans

This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
16 Mar 2026 4 min read

The Section 301 Surge Is Upon Us: Investigating Excess Capacity and Production

The first of a large batch of expected Section 301 investigations has arrived, as USTR announced yesterday that it was initiating investigations on acts, policies, and practices of various countries/economies "relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors."
12 Mar 2026 3 min read

Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth

Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.
03 Mar 2026 8 min read

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