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Trade Policy in a Biden Administration: Online Event this Thursday

There are sure to be lots of events coming on trade policy in a Biden administration. I'll be hosting a Cato one on Thursday, November 12, at 12:30 p.m. EST. The link is here. Here is the description: Trade Policy in a Biden Administration: Back to
Simon Lester 09 Nov 2020 1 min read

5th SIEL Conversation - The Impact of Covid-19 on the Belt and Road Initiative

From the SIEL: 5th SIEL Conversation -The Impact of Covid-19 on the Belt and Road Initiative Moderator: Suresh Nanwani, Professor in Practice, Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs Speakers: Date: The event is scheduled for Thursday, 19 November 2020 at the following times, and more information can be
Simon Lester 09 Nov 2020 1 min read

Call for Entries: 8th RMLNLU International Legal Essay Writing Competition & Conference on Financial Regulatory Laws

This is from the Journal Committee at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, in collaboration with the Regstreet Law Advisors: Call for Entries: 8th RMLNLU- Regstreet Law Advisors Conference on International Legal Essay Writing Competition & Conference on Financial Regulatory Laws [March 14, 2021]: Submit by January 17,
Inu Manak 09 Nov 2020 2 min read

Free trade agreement (FTA) arbitration panel appointments: call for expressions of interest

This is from the Department for International Trade (UK): Many of the free trade agreements that the UK has signed or that are currently under negotiation include a requirement for the parties to create rosters of individuals who could act as arbitrators for disputes launched under the state-to-state dispute settlement
Inu Manak 09 Nov 2020 1 min read

Currency undervaluation in practice - Tires from Viet Nam

This afternoon I finally got around to reading the Decision Memorandum underlying the US Commerce Department’s preliminary determination in the US CVD investigation on Tires from Vietnam (C-552-829). This investigation is of course best known for being the first application of the DOC’s new regulations on currency undervaluation
Jesse Kreier 08 Nov 2020 2 min read

U.S. Trade Policy After Trump: Some Preliminary Thoughts

The past few days have been quite an experience. I hope everyone was able to get a good night's sleep and is on the way to recovery! The election of Joe Biden as president has implications beyond trade policy, but this blog is about trade, so I'
Simon Lester 08 Nov 2020 5 min read

Making Appellate Review Optional

My last post was about how WTO appellate review could be made optional as a temporary solution in order to unblock Appellate Body appointments (i.e., to convince the U.S. to go along with appointing new AB Members). Here's a drafting suggestion for how to put that
Simon Lester 02 Nov 2020 1 min read

Research assistants sought for major interdisciplinary project based at the University of Melbourne

We are seeking to appoint up to three casual research assistants to support an interdisciplinary Discovery Project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC): ‘Balancing National Security and Economic Interests in Foreign Investment’. About the project: With the rise of emerging economies such as China and the advent of the
Tania Voon 01 Nov 2020 2 min read

A Proposal from Alan Wolff on WTO Dispute Settlement

This is from a recent speech by WTO DDG Alan Wolff: For dispute settlement, agreement will in the end be needed on a single mechanism to which all who seek to litigate would subscribe.  Any appellate stage must be accountable to the WTO Members as a whole. There are interim
Simon Lester 30 Oct 2020 1 min read

Webinar: The Roadmap to the ASEAN-EU FTA in the Post-Pandemic Era

Webinar: The Roadmap to the ASEAN-EU FTA in the Post-Pandemic Era Singapore Management University School of Law; 3-4 December 2020 The ASEAN-EU relations represent the world’s most important interregional framework. Rising populist protectionism, stalled WTO negotiations and the COVID-19 pandemic have posed challenges to trade and investment ties between
Simon Lester 30 Oct 2020 1 min read

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The Section 301 Excess Capacity Investigation Needs Less Madness, More Method

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump’s emergency tariffs under IEEPA  unconstitutional, the administration scrambled to rebuild its tariff wall. While the announcement of Section 122 tariffs immediately following the ruling will provide a temporary patch, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office quickly began to utilize another
24 Apr 2026 6 min read

War Tariffs

This is a co-authored post by Kathleen Claussen and Tim Meyer. Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would be imposing new tariffs of 50 percent of the value of any product coming from any country that sells weapons or provides military aid to Iran. Some commentators questioned
14 Apr 2026 5 min read

USMCA Review and Extension Predictions

When the idea of an expiration clause was suggested during the NAFTA renegotiation, I was against it from the start, and Inu and I wrote a pretty critical piece about it at the time. A review is great, we said, let's definitely have reviews, and there are plenty of ways to do that.
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans

This Section 301 investigation intends to pressure all sixty named trade partners (even, inexplicably, including Canada and Mexico) to adopt similar enforcement procedures. This announcement is highly problematic for the four reasons I address below.
16 Mar 2026 4 min read

The Section 301 Surge Is Upon Us: Investigating Excess Capacity and Production

The first of a large batch of expected Section 301 investigations has arrived, as USTR announced yesterday that it was initiating investigations on acts, policies, and practices of various countries/economies "relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors."
12 Mar 2026 3 min read

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