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“Resistance Is Futile”: Debunking the Myth of De-Globalization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) released the World Trade Report today. Here are some excerpts: [E]ven a crisis as devastating and unprecedented as COVID-19 has not resulted in the wholesale unravelling of trade and integration.  [W]hat became clear over subsequent months was not only how quickly supply chains
Sungjoon Cho 17 Nov 2021 1 min read

Australia has published its 1st submission in China - ADD on barley from Australia DS598

To find the submission, go to this page Summary of Australia's involvement in disputes currently before the World Trade Organization | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (dfat.gov.au) and scroll down to find this link DS-598 Australia's First Written Submission (dfat.gov.au)
Brett Williams 16 Nov 2021 1 min read

Some Comments on a New Foreign Affairs Piece Discussing Trade and Climate Change

All these recent debates I've had with Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker on trade policy and climate change have me thinking about these issues generally, and I had a few comments on a new piece in Foreign Affairs by political science professor Jessica Green that touches on all
Simon Lester 15 Nov 2021 7 min read

Latest Fisheries Draft Addresses US Concerns on Forced Labor

On November 8, 2021, a revised draft text and explanatory note on the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations was released by the Chair of the talks, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia. Some changes were simply editorial, others substantive, and some adjustments reflected areas for which more discussion was still needed. Taken
Inu Manak 11 Nov 2021 5 min read

More on the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affecting Carbon Emissions: A Response to the Response by Tim and Todd

Thanks to Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker for taking the time to respond to my questions about how the U.S.-EU Section 232 deal could lower carbon emissions. Not surprisingly, their response raises more questions for me, and I am still skeptical that this new arrangement will lead to
Simon Lester 07 Nov 2021 6 min read

Is Weakening the Antidumping Jurisprudence an Essential Condition to Recuperate the WTO?

Former Deputy Director-General Alan Wm. Wolff appears to think so.  In his remarks (“Defining Success for MC12”) delivered at Harvard JFK School on October 29, 2021, Wolff spelled out several candid, and controversial, prescriptions to revive the currently languishing WTO enterprise of both negotiation and dispute resolution.  Here are some
Sungjoon Cho 06 Nov 2021 2 min read

Response from Tim Meyer and Todd Tucker: How Exactly Would the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affect Carbon Emissions?

Guest post from Timothy Meyer (professor of law and the director of international legal studies at Vanderbilt Law School) and Todd N. Tucker (political scientist and director of governance studies at the Roosevelt Institute). Follow them @Tim_L_Meyer and @ToddNTucker. The United States and the European Union announced a
Simon Lester 05 Nov 2021 5 min read

How Exactly Would the U.S.-EU Section 232 Deal Affect Carbon Emissions?

I've seen some talk on Twitter and elsewhere about the "Carbon-Based Sectoral Arrangement on Steel and Aluminum Trade" part of the U.S.-EU Section 232 agreement, as the White House referred to it, with people seeming to suggest that this is a big deal (a
Simon Lester 04 Nov 2021 3 min read

Some Thoughts on the U.S. - EU Section 232 Tariff Agreements

The big trade news over the weekend was a resolution of the U.S. - EU Section 232 tariff disputes. Two key documents are this USTR fact sheet and this EU-US joint statement. The core of the agreement is as follows: The United States will replace the existing tariffs on
Simon Lester 01 Nov 2021 3 min read

Why the US Failed to Prevent the Climate Challenge from Turning into the Climate Crisis

Summary of 21 Tweets in honour of the Glasgow COP26 conference beginning today
Charnovitz 31 Oct 2021 6 min read

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Is Foreign Antitrust Enforcement "Discriminatory" and "Anti-American"?

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held a hearing in December on "Anti-American Antitrust: How Foreign Governments Target U.S. Businesses." There was a lot of talk at the hearing about how foreign regulations and regulators "discriminate" against American companies.
05 Jan 2026 5 min read

Pennsylvania Court Finds Mexican Government Guilty of "Discrimination" Due To Its Subsidies

I'm always interested in how courts apply the concept of "discrimination" in the context of international trade, so I've been eagerly awaiting a Pennsylvania court decision in a case against Mexico.
12 Dec 2025 8 min read

Economic Security in Trade Agreements: My Response to Geoff Gertz

Thanks to Geoff for laying out his vision of why economic security should be in trade agreements and how to bring it in. It won't surprise anyone to hear I have some additional comments and questions in response!
04 Dec 2025 10 min read

Guest Post: The Case for Bringing Economic Security Priorities into U.S. Trade Agreements, Part II

This is a guest post from Geoffrey Gertz of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), responding to my post on Economic and National Security Provisions in U.S. Trade Agreements An earlier post made the case for why the United States should bring economic security commitments into trade
01 Dec 2025 3 min read

Guest Post: The Case for Bringing Economic Security Priorities into U.S. Trade Agreements, Part I

Thanks to Simon for kickstarting a debate on the prospect of bringing economic security provisions into trade agreements, and for allowing me to respond here.
26 Nov 2025 4 min read

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