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Biden’s Worker-Centered Trade Policy: Whose Workers?

As Simon mentioned in an earlier post, various labor-related complaints and requests under USMCA are “heating up.” This activity reinforces the Biden Administration’s new “worker-centered trade policy” that, according to USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai, “will foster broad-based, equitable growth, increase innovation, and give workers a seat at the table.
Desiree LeClercq 16 May 2021 9 min read

Additional Katherine Tai Exchanges on Vaccine Production/TRIPS Waiver

Following up on my last post, here are two more good exchanges between members of the House Ways and Means committee and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on vaccine production/TRIPS waiver: Congressman Wenstrup: ... So I'm concerned about the intellectual property rights and, but at the same
Simon Lester 14 May 2021 5 min read

Nunes-Tai Exchange on Vaccine Production/TRIPS Waiver

At yesterday's House Ways and Means committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade policy agenda, Congressman Nunes and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai had the following exchange on the TRIPS waiver and vaccine production: Congressman Nunes: .. I want to turn to this agreement on TRIPS
Simon Lester 14 May 2021 4 min read

Katherine Tai on China's Place in the Global Trading System and the U.S. Response

Here are two questions/answers related to China's place in the global trading system and how the United States should deal with China, from today's House Ways and Means committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade agenda: Chairman Neal: Ambassador, when China joined the
Simon Lester 13 May 2021 2 min read

Schweikert-Tai Exchange on WTO Dispute Settlement

At today's House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade policy agenda, Congressman Schweikert and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai had the following exchange on WTO dispute settlement: Congressman Schweikert: I owe you a thank you for all your work in helping
Simon Lester 13 May 2021 3 min read

Katherine Tai on the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism Developments

U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee today on the Biden administration's trade agenda. She was asked about the USMCA rapid response labor cases I noted in my previous post: Senator Brown: Let me talk about what you would expect me
Simon Lester 12 May 2021 1 min read

USMCA Labor Complaints Are Heating Up

On Monday, the AFL-CIO and some other groups announced the filing of a petition under the USMCA rapid response labor mechanism (for background on this procedure, see Kathleen's post here). Now today, USTR announced that it has initiated a request for review under that mechanism on a different
Simon Lester 12 May 2021 1 min read

Call for papers for ESIL-supported colloquium on ‘International Investment Law & New Technologies’

This is from the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC): The Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) is hosting a Colloquium on ‘International Investment Law & New Technologies’ which will take place on 9 and 10 December 2021 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The Colloquium on
Inu Manak 10 May 2021 1 min read

Call for Papers:  2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021

This is from Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang and Mr. Jens Hillebrand Pohl, inviting contribution from followers of this blog: Call for Papers: 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021 The 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security will be held in Warsaw from Wednesday 1 December until Friday 3
Inu Manak 10 May 2021 7 min read

Biden Makes Another Good Trade Appointment in Thea Lee

The Biden Administration has appointed Thea Lee to be the Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs.  This is a thoughtful appointment to an agency that has had an important trade role for at least six decades.  I wish her good luck in having the labor voice heard in the
Charnovitz 10 May 2021 1 min read

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Economic and National Security Provisions in U.S. Trade Agreements

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post cautioning everyone to "Beware the 'Securitization' of Trade Policy." So far, however, it looks like my post has been a big failure, as many people seem to be throwing caution to the wind, and instead of being wary
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Some Questions about the Cambodia and Malaysia Trade Deals

The White House released the texts of trade agreements with Cambodia and Malaysia today. I have lots of questions about this.
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How Should the U.S. Respond To China's Non-Market Practices?

In an interview last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked about the Trump administration's response to China's non-market practices. Part of this response, as he presents it, has been for the U.S. to pursue a specific version of state-led industrial policy as a defensive measure.
20 Oct 2025 5 min read

Guest Post: Too Big To Fail: The EU Steel Industry, Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 and the EU’s Free Trade Agreements

This is a guest post by trade lawyer Victor Crochet and law professor Weihuan Zhou Steel has long been a contentious topic in international trade, in part because of the numerous jobs it creates and its relevance to downstream industries including those related to national defense. In the European Union
13 Oct 2025 8 min read

Beware the "Securitization" of Trade Policy

In recent years, U.S. trade policy has seen a creeping takeover by "security" concerns. The precise scope of these concerns is unclear, but they appear to cover both the traditional aspects of military-related security as well as the vague and amorphous concept of "economic security."
06 Oct 2025 4 min read

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