For those who doubt that blogging has anything to do with legal scholarship, there is now a conference planned at Harvard on the topic.

There are many problematic things that the AB says in its ruling concerning the relationship of different international legal regimes and fora.  Some of those things have been discussed in the various posts on this case.  And I may address them as well in a future post.  But it seems

I'm going to be teaching the EC-Biotech interim report next week, and was wondering whether anyone out there had done an edit for classroom purposes?  If not  I guess my  work will be cut out for me in the next few days.  Obviously, the report as it

The Appellate Body has issued its (delightfully brief) report in Mexico — Tax Measures on Soft Drinks and Other Beverages” (DS308). The report will merit further study, but it appears on first glance that the Appellate Body has definitively rejected the possibility that panels or the AB would apply non-WTO

In Today's FT (free access this week), Alan Beattie reports that 13 countries have asked the U.S. to liberalize in the area of maritime transport "auxiliary services," which includes port management.  USTR Portman is reported to respond as follows: “The United States is not offering

Thank you, Simon, for the link to the full GMO interim report. One really has to read the full report to appreciate the Herculian job performed by this panel, and the WTO staff advising it.  The report is amazingly well-written. Given, in particular, our earlier discussions, I want to

Apparently the full GMOs interim panel report has now been leaked.  Friends of the Earth has made it available here:  Descriptive Part and Findings. Here's their press release: http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/leaked_wto_report_us_misle_28022006.html

Two interesting proposals have recently emerged in an attempt to save thousands of lives in poor countries who are suffering from fatal diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. First, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and representatives from 95 countries gathered in Paris today to study France's

An article in today's Wall Street Journal suggests that the excitement over the proposed takeover of P&O by Dubai Ports World has its origins in a private contract dispute. The article suggests that a Florida stevedoring firm locked in litigation with P & O has sought

It looks like France is finding itself on the "other" side of an SPS case.  Today's FT reports that 20 countries have determined to block poultry imports from France. Franz-Josef Feiter, secretary general of Copa-Cogeca, the European farmers’ lobby, said the bans were not