We may not have seen the last of the carbon import tax controversy mentioned in the last post, but a more traditional trade/environment conflict is also brewing.  The Independent reports: The [UK] Government has claimed that World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules prevent it from banning the controversial use of

Perhaps following the advice of Joe Stiglitz, French President Jacques Chirac is talking about some sort of sanction on countries who are not taking sufficient action to protect the environment: President Jacques Chirac has demanded that the United States sign both the Kyoto climate protocol and a future agreement that

Following-up on Joel's post, here are some details on the U.S. case against Chinese subsidies, gathered from around the web. First, there is USTR's press release, which explains that: Several of the subsidy programs at issue appear to grant export subsidies, which provide incentives

The U.S. has begun another dispute settlement proceeding against China--this one over export subsidies implicit in China's tax and other regulations.  Is this intended to help win congressional support for a new limited fast track authority?

The draft of the first Chinese Anti-Monopoly (AM) Law has recently been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) where the draft will be reviewed and commented several times before the final enactment. The current Chinese anti-competition (anti-trust) regime is not comprehensive

Following is the text of a message that I just received from the American Law Institute.  This is an excellent project, and Petros Mavroidis and Henrik Horn are to be congratulated, along with the ALI, for undertaking it. We wish to inform you that the case analyses thus far resulting

The WTO Director-General has recently named the panel in the China Auto Parts case.  It appears to be an excellent panel.  It will be chaired by Julio Lacarte, a former Appellate Body member and veteran of at least six GATT or WTO panels.  The other two panelists are Ujal

Charles Schumer and Michael Bloomberg, in addition to their other many duties, have prepared a report on the future of New York as a financial center.  One of the main thrusts of the report is an attack on the Sarbanes Oxley law, legislated in 2002 as a political response to

There's a nice NY Times profile of Dani Rodrik, highlighting the need for social insurance to promote political support for free trade, at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/business/worldbusiness/30trade.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 (login required). Rodrik, Jacob Hacker and others are quoted

Here's a link to an article, in a publication called Engineering News, about recent appointee AB David Unterhalter.  Among other things, he discussed his goals as an AB Member: But what are his personal ambitions arising from the WTO appointment? “What I would hope, personally, to have achieved