Jimmy Buffett doesn't have to worry about the interpretation of GATT Article XX(g) or the chapeau.  He can just take matters into his own hands: Margaritaville Cafés, restaurants owned by Jimmy Buffett, will no longer serve Canadian seafood until Canada ends its annual slaughter of seals, according

Inside U.S. Trade, through its China Trade Extra, is doing some blogging from China (I don't know if this is a permanent feature, or just something temporary they are doing in relation to the Strategic Economic Dialogue), and they recount the following story: Reporters here received an

We've had a few discussions on this blog about the possibility of the EU imposing trade restrictions on countries that are not doing enough to clean up the environment (see here, here and here).  According to the FT, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has rejected the idea: The

According to Bloomberg, considering that the situation has likely worsened recently ''because the yuan has dropped 10 percent on a trade-weighted basis after inflation in the past five years",  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged recently China to allow  the quasi- fixed exchange rate of its

Jalal Alavi, a frequent commenter on this blog, suggested posting the following: A Survey on Public Opinion The newly released survey of German Marshall Fund of the United States “Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction”   was presented in the WTO today(13.12.2006). GMF has surveyed seven countries (France,

Bloomberg reports: Pakistan plans to challenge European Union trade policy for poor nations through the World Trade Organization, concerned that among India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, it's the only one not given equal advantages. In April 2004, WTO judges said the EU could exempt Latin American nations and

See the USTR report that is the basis for Susan Schwab's recent criticisms of China's trade policy.

The Economist has an excellent article this week about food politics.  What I liked about it was that it brings the technical legal issues from the GMOs and other similar cases into a real world context.  Much of the debate in trade law circles involves government regulation, as well as

In a case about to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Credit Suisse v. Billing, an issue of conflict between regulatory regimes will be addressed.  The two regimes are the U.S. antitrust laws and the U.S. securities laws.  The type of conflict is that the U.

See the cool post by Roger Alford at Opinio Juris.  It'll make your head spin.