Blogs serve many functions – including the dissemination of information, analysis of recent panel and AB decisions, and scholarly exchange. Many blogs also highlight notable recent and forthcoming scholarship. Assuming that IELP readers are interested in current scholarship but may not always have time to review the current literature, from time

Inside U.S. Trade reports that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) today (April 3) called on the Bush Administration to acknowledge that the ongoing Doha round of trade negotiations is completely stalled over European intransigence, and refocus its energies on completing negotiations for free trade

The U.S. and the EU announced that they filed a complaint against China under the WTO dispute settlement system over China’s alleged unfair treatment of foreign auto parts. http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2006/March/United_States_Files_WTO_Case_Against_China_Over_Treatment_of_

See the nice post by Roger Alford at Opinio Juris on this topic, discussing Tim Wu's paper.

On March 23, Pascal made the following statement: It is a pleasure to be here with you today to discuss the progress that the WTO is making in completing the Doha Round. As you know, the end date for the Round is soon approaching — it is the end of this

From Opinio Juris--IELPB Bloggers and Readers are InvitedOpinio Juris Reception at the ASIL Annual Meetingby Chris BorgenFor those of you who will be at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (or just in DC), Opinio Juris and the ASIL will sponsor a reception on Thursday

THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAWREVOLUTION & THE RIGHT TO REGULATEbyJoel P. Trachtman ISBN: 1 905017 20 0 • Hardback • £125.00/US$238.00One of the most important issues facing international lawyers today is the relationship between international legal rules and domestic autonomy. This relationship is at the centre of the debate

I have just been reading the Art 21.3(c) arbitral award in EC – Chicken Classification (WT/DS269/13, 20 February 2006), which, in its robust attitude to EC law, provides an interesting counterpoint to the AB’s more deferential attitude to NAFTA in Soft Drinks. The EC argued that

The Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank has released a study of the Bank's advice on trade.  Part of the executive summary (pp xiv-xv) is worth quoting in full: Bank clients that obtained loans to support trade reform experienced higher economic growth rates in the medium

I suppose that I am an idealist, as I still find it surprising that Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsay Graham can be taken seriously as they threaten China with a 27.5% tariff on imports unless China revalues the renminbi.  Why doesn't China simply say, well you know,