The G8 has just finished another meeting, and reaffirmed its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals--or at least its commitment to encouraging others to meet their commitments.  This reminded me of a refreshing film that I almost saw once, "The Girl in the Cafe."  It is a HBO

From the relative safety of the shadow cabinet, William Hague advocates a transatlantic free trade zone (see BBC report). For the sake of counterfactual argument, what might such an arrangement imply in terms of legal policy? A few basic suggestions for discussion: - The WTO dispute settlement system, which some

The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, is looking for a "Professor/Associate Professor of International Economic Law."  Applications are due by 15 August 2006.  See their vacancy notice here.  It's hard to think of a better place to be for international economic law than Geneva.

Reportedly, the NAFTA Chapter 11 claims filed by Canadian softwood lumber exporters have been dismissed by the tribunal at a preliminary stage following jurisdictional arguments based on Article 1901(3) NAFTA which reads: "Except for Article 2203 (Entry into Force), no provision of any other Chapter of this Agreement

As the world's most exciting sports event begins, I was hoping to conjure up a link to IEL.  How about this.  National teams are limited to nationals.  The team administrators obviously discriminate in the national treatment sense against foreign players.  Would this violate a GATS commitment in the

Airbus has filed a motion to enjoin Wilmer Hale and Marco Bronckers from representing Boeing, in light of Bronckers' earlier work for Airbus.    Interestingly, the basis for Airbus' claim is the Washington DC Rules of Professional Conduct, which I suppose are being applied to the Wilmer Hale firm.

See the open letter  on immigration reform from economists and other social scientists at Marginal Revolution.  There is still a debate on the national welfare effects of increased immigration, based on empirical work by Borjas versus that by Card.  On the other hand, in at least some respects, from a

On May 23-24, 2006, the Sixth Annual WTO Conference was held in London, organized by the Institute of International Economic Law (in Georgetown Law Center) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Many interesting, and pressing, issues, ranging from judicial economy to treaty interpretation to regulatory convergence to

On May 23, 2006 an interesting workshop was held at East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School to discuss China’s recent effort to enact an Anti-Monopoly Law. Despite some predicaments (such as an internal bureaucratic battle over the jurisdiction), some predict that the Law may be passed some time

Another investment banker.  News reports have Robert Zoellick leaving the State Department for Merrill Lynch.  I was disappointed when he left USTR, but recognized that State had bigger fish to fry.  Forgive my venting, and apologies to my friends in investment banking, but it is painful to watch one of