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Webinar on Transnational Subsidies

There has been substantial discussion of transnational subsidies on the pages of this blog over the past few months. Now, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is organizing a Webinar on the topic, entitled "Cross-border Subsidies and the WTO" on 9 September from 5:30 to 7:30
Jesse Kreier 05 Sep 2020 1 min read

Questions About the MPIA and Article 25 Appeal Arbitration

I have a short Cato paper out today on the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA). I am excited about the prospects for the MPIA, but I do have some questions, including the following: What approach will the MPIA take regarding the interpretation of core WTO principles such as the
Simon Lester 01 Sep 2020 1 min read

Unilateralism vs. Multilateralism on Carbon Taxes / Carbon Tariffs

In my view, carbon taxes are the best way to address climate change, and the best approach to carbon taxes is to apply them in a non-discriminatory manner to products from all countries. How exactly do you make them non-discriminatory? Ideally, you would do this on a multilateral basis, with
Simon Lester 30 Aug 2020 12 min read

New Book from David Gantz on the USMCA

An Introduction to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Understanding the New NAFTA (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2020), by David A. Gantz, has been published. The description follows: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a modified and modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), will continue to govern most economic relationships
Simon Lester 27 Aug 2020 1 min read

Upcoming SIEL Conversation: African Continental Free Trade Area in an Era of Waning Multilateralism - Of Optimists and Sceptics

From the SIEL: Upcoming SIEL Conversation: African Continental Free Trade Area in an Era of Waning Multilateralism - Of Optimists and Sceptics The aim of SIEL Conversations is to bring together authors and commentators to give talks that are idea-focused so as to foster learning and inspiration, and provoke conversations
Simon Lester 27 Aug 2020 1 min read

Guest Post: TikTok, IEEPA, and CFIUS

This is a guest from Wentong Zheng, a law professor at the University of Florida On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order entitled Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and
Simon Lester 27 Aug 2020 3 min read

Guest Post: PPE and the Costs of Section 301 Tariffs

This is a guest post from Ernesto Hernández-López, Professor of Law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University. He researches international trade and international law. Just as the United States and China agreed to a truce in tariff retaliations with the Phase One Agreement on February 14,
Simon Lester 26 Aug 2020 3 min read

Guest Post: A Response to Lighthizer on Third Party Adjudication

This is an anonymous guest post that responds to a recent op-ed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. [Note: Some people’s work means that they prefer to discuss such issues on a non-attributable basis, and there have been many anonymous comments on this blog over the years, which
Simon Lester 25 Aug 2020 4 min read

China and distortions - Bis

As previously reported in this blog, China last month found that non-market economy conditions exist in the US energy and petrochemical sector, and accordingly swapped out US exporters’ costs in calculating the dumping margin for US n-propanal exporters (“The US is now a non-market economy – anti-dumping ruling by China”, 18
Jesse Kreier 21 Aug 2020 1 min read

DSU Article 11 and Appellate Review: Past, Present, and Future

DSU Article 11 provides the following: Article 11: Function of Panels The function of panels is to assist the DSB in discharging its responsibilities under this Understanding and the covered agreements. Accordingly, a panel should make an objective assessment of the matter before it, including an objective assessment of the
Simon Lester 16 Aug 2020 9 min read

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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

Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth

Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.
03 Mar 2026 8 min read

Guest Post: Are President Trump’s New Section 122 Tariffs Legal?

This is a guest post from Bryan Riley and Joe Bishop-Henchman. Bryan is Director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union; Joe is Executive Vice President at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation President Trump has issued new 10% tariffs, shortly after raised to 15%, based on Section
24 Feb 2026 6 min read

Section 122 as a (Partial) Replacement for the IEEPA Tariffs

Apparently, this is the era of dusting off old international economic policy statutes and figuring out what they mean and how they work. After the Supreme Court's ruling today in Learning Resources, holding that "IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," we are now
20 Feb 2026 5 min read

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