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The Frozen Fries Appeal: Permissible Interpretations under AD Agreement Article 17.6(ii)

When the Colombia - Frozen Fries MPIA appeal started up, I noted that "most of the issues are pretty basic anti-dumping ones, but there is a possibility of an important systemic issue coming up," as "[t]he panel report gets into the issue of the AD Agreement

Guest Post: Does Economic Interdependence Yield a Peace Dividend?

This is a guest post from Michael Trebilcock, Emeritus University Professor of Law and Economics, University of Toronto An almost timeless debate going back to philosophers in Greek and Roman times surrounds the issue of whether increased economic interdependence between and among states in the form of cross-border trade

Three reasons why a WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development is important, by Karl P. Sauvant

Three reasons why a WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development is important by Karl P. Sauvant* After several years of preparatory discussions, negotiations on an Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement were formally launched in September 2020. They are open-ended plurilateral negotiations, but they aim at a multilaterally

The ITC Report on Distributional Effects of US Trade and Trade Policy: What about Protectionism?

Last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission released its report on Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers (Inv. No. 332-587). The report had been requested by USTR, as follows: under authority delegated by the President to the United States Trade Representative and pursuant

What Do the Midterm Elections Mean for U.S. Trade Policy?

Don't get too excited by the title of this post. The short answer to the question is, I don't know for sure, but probably not much. Nevertheless, I do have a couple thoughts here that may or may not be correct. First, I suspect the Biden

Guest Post: The EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument: Balancing Ambiguity

This is a guest post from Mariana de Andrade, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Milano-Biccoca and international sanctions and export control consultant for Studio Legal Padovan (Milan, Italy). The views expressed in this contribution are exclusively those of the author. In December 2021, the European Commission

Russia Was a Market Economy, Now It's Not

The U.S. Commerce Department recently made a decision to classify Russia as a non-market economy, after last year finding that it was a market economy. I have posted the executive summary of the Commerce memo below (the full memo is 101 pages!). When reading through the Commerce reasoning,

2022 ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group Workshop

Next week, the 2022 ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group Workshop will be held via Zoom. The full program is here. You can register to attend here. Check the times carefully. It runs from 18 November 2022 at 9am (AEDT)/11am (NZ time) to 2:30pm (AEDT)/4:30pm (NZ

Webinar: “ASEAN and the Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Global Challenges and Regional Options,” 29 November 2022, 5pm (SGT)

This is from the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore: The Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore cordially invites you to attend a virtual book launch and conference under the theme “ASEAN and the Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Global Challenges

Assistant USTR Speaks about WTO Reform

At a symposium today hosted by the Yeutter Institute, Andrea Durkin (Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, WTO and Multilateral Affairs) said the following about U.S. views and efforts on WTO reform (I don't have any comments on what she said, just thought people might be interested): So