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Call for Submissions: Trade, Law and Development

This is from the Managing Editor of Trade, Law and Development: Trade, Law and Development is a student-edited journal published by the National Law University, Jodhpur. The Journal has been consistently ranked as the best law journal in India across all fields and the 10th best journal in the
Inu Manak 30 Jun 2022 1 min read

Katherine Tai on Incompatible Economic Systems

Last week during a Senate subcommittee hearing, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai responded to a question from Senator Braun with the following discussion of trade between market-oriented and non-market-oriented economies: But that's not the sum total of the challenge that we have, and I
Simon Lester 26 Jun 2022 6 min read

Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective – Call for Papers

This is from Professor Marcin Menkes: The Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Szeged, ELKH Center for Social Sciences, are organizing the ESIL-supported conference on the timely topic: “Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective“. The conference will take place online in a webinar
Simon Lester 23 Jun 2022 1 min read

SIEL Conversations: The Outcomes of MC12 and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System

From the SIEL: SIEL Conversations: The Outcomes of MC12 and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System27 June 2022 at 2pm Brussels time Interested in the outcomes of the World Trade Organization MC12? Please join us next Monday on this SIEL Conversation, with present and former officials, negotiators and observers.
Simon Lester 23 Jun 2022 1 min read

Guest Post: Consensus as the Hallmark of the WTO: Time to Change

This is a guest post from law professor Bashar Malkawi: Throughout much of GATT and then WTO history, consensus has been the norm. For example, article XXV (3) and (4) call for one vote per nation and decisions to be taken by majority vote, but in practice consensus was developed
Simon Lester 23 Jun 2022 3 min read

BIICL Border Carbon Adjustment and MC12 Events

BIICL has sent information on two upcoming events: 22nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference: Climate Change: Border Carbon Adjustment Approaches and the WTO (July 15) Why are Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches being considered by an increasing number of countries? What are the factors to be accounted for to design a
Simon Lester 23 Jun 2022 2 min read

Non-Violation Arguments in the USMCA Auto Rules of Origin Dispute

In the ongoing USMCA dispute on United States - Automotive Rules of Origin (USA-MEX-CDA-2022-31-01), in addition to their arguments that the U.S. unilateral interpretation of the USMCA Rules of Origin provisions for passenger vehicles and light trucks violates USMCA rules, Mexico and Canada have made
Simon Lester 13 Jun 2022 12 min read

Katherine Tai on Fixing WTO Dispute Settlement

At the WITA event I mentioned previously, former USTR official Wendy Cutler spoke with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai about WTO dispute settlement reform. Here was their exchange: Cutler: You've mentioned, and I've heard others talk about, ... we should think post MC12, and particularly about
Simon Lester 09 Jun 2022 4 min read

Katherine Tai on IPEF Enforceability

At a WITA event yesterday, former USTR official Wendy Cutler had a conversation with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai about various trade issues. One thing they touched upon was the enforceability of the IPEF. Here was their exchange: Cutler: How about enforcement and the IPEF? It's not
Simon Lester 07 Jun 2022 3 min read

Journal of International Economic Law Announces Second Junior Faculty Forum

The Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) is pleased to announce its second annual Junior Faculty Forum to be held in hybrid or virtual format on September 23-24, 2022, on the sidelines of the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group Biennial Conference. Junior scholars are
Kathleen Claussen 07 Jun 2022 1 min read

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The Section 301 Forced Labor Import Ban Report

On June 2, 2026, USTR released its report on its Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
04 Jun 2026 11 min read

What To Expect from the USMCA Review?

The USMCA review is almost upon us. How exactly things will proceed is a bit unclear, as we've never done this sort of thing before, but July 1 is the six year anniversary of the USMCA's entry into force.
03 Jun 2026 15 min read

China in the World Trading System: A Response to Chad, and Some Comments on Froman-Greer

I'm going to use this post to (1) respond to Chad and (2) comment on an exchange between current U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer and former U.S. Trade Rep. Mike Froman at a recent CFR event.
01 Jun 2026 7 min read

My Response To Simon on China in the World Trading System

Here are two quick reactions to the super important question of what explains why countries did not use WTO dispute settlement to push China to change.
28 May 2026 2 min read

My Questions for Chad on China in the World Trading System

At the Peterson Institute event launching the "How To Win a Trade War" book, Chad said some things about trade relations with China that I found interesting.
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