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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

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

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

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

Is it time to bring back the AB?

Greg Shaffer and I think so in our new op-ed in the Hill, but not everyone seems to agree with us, as illustrated in this lively Twitter exchange with Dan Ikenson, Rob Howse and Simon Lester. However, I think there might be some movement on this issue in the WTO

Can the Biden Administration's Push for More "Made in America" Be Challenged under the GPA?

Long-time trade lawyer Jean Heilman Grier has a great blog focusing on procurement issues. Her latest post is about a new Biden administration website on Made in America: The Biden administration has inaugurated a new Made in America website with information on waivers of the Buy American Act and other

Maria Pagan on Reforming WTO Dispute Settlement and the Appellate Body

This exchange is from today's Senate Finance Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Maria Pagan for Deputy USTR in Geneva (Ambassador to the WTO): Senator Carper: I would like to start off with a question ... for Ms. Pagan, dealing with WTO reform. Ms. Pagan, I've

ACWL 20 Year Anniversary Event

From the ACWL: The ACWL is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate this occasion, we are hosting a webinar on 28 October from 15:00 to 16:30 CET on the “ACWL: Achievements for Developing Countries and LDCs and Challenges Ahead”. We are delighted to have Professor Peter

Tai: "A Lot of Potential" for Coordinating U.S./EU approaches to China

This is from a two part interview by CNN's Julia Chatterley with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai: Chatterley: Another, and it's been described as a pivot point actually, in the relationship between the EU and the United States, when we spoke to the French finance

SIEL October Conversation: ‘Institutions and Dispute Settlement under WTO’

From the SIEL: SIEL October ConversationThe Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) is pleased to invite you to its February Conversation entitled ‘Institutions and Dispute Settlement under WTO’, with Geraldo Vidigal (University of Amsterdam), Tommaso Soave (Central European University; Former WTO Appellate Body Secretariat), Marcus Gustafsson (Legal Service of the