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What Did Bill Clinton Say about China's WTO Entry?

I often hear that Bill Clinton make a mistake by believing and/or promising that China would liberalize economically and politically when it joined the WTO. And I see him quoted selectively to make that point. I recently came across one of these quotes, and thought it would be worth

Call for papers First Edition Global Jurist Award

FIRST EDITION GLOBAL JURIST AWARD Call for papers under the title: “2030: a new horizon for International Economic Law?” Universidad Externado (Colombia), Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile), Pontificia Universidad Católica (Peru), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina), Universidad Tecnológica (El Salvador), as well as the Latin American Network

The Future of ISDS under the Trump Administration

How will the Trump administration approach ISDS in the coming months (or years)? This is an exchange from today's Senate Finance Committee hearing to confirm Michael Nemelka as Deputy USTR for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere (starts at 1:21:15): Grassley: If

The Legacy and Memorialization of John Lewis

The Legacy and Memorialization of John Lewis Steve Charnovitz 19 July 2020 The passing of civil rights champion John Lewis has made this July 2020 weekend even sadder. Mr. Lewis pursued justice in all of his legislative activities including international trade where he served as a senior member of the

The US is now a “Non-Market Economy” – Anti-Dumping Ruling by China

This is a guest post is from Zhiguo Yu, a former MOFCOM official and Georgetown Law graduate, and Sandeep Thomas Chandy, a Georgetown Law graduate. On 17 July, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released its preliminary ruling on the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imported n-propanol originating in the

The US is now officially a Non-Market Economy, according to China

On Friday the 17th, the Ministry of Commerce of China announced the preliminary determination in the anti-dumping investigation on imported propanol from the US. With affirmative findings on dumping, injury, and causation, the decision imposed anti-dumping duties of 254.4% and 267.4% on Dow Chemical Company and OXEA Corporation

USMCA - Trucking Safeguards

As someone who has spent much of his career working on trade remedies in the context of goods, I am always intrigued when I see the concepts or language of trade remedies used in new and different context. Hence, when I stumbled on what appear to be trade remedy provisions

SIEL Webinars

From the SIEL: The Society of International Economic Law is delighted to announce the launching of SIEL Conversations, a monthly webinar on international economic law. 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,

A Possible Fourth MPIA Case

I previously noted the three WTO disputes where agreed procedures between the parties for using the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) have been circulated. There is now a fourth dispute, Colombia - AD Duties on French Fries (DS591). The agreed procedures in the case are here. The panel was

China, the WTO, and Hong Kong

I write to call your attention to a new Trade Winds episode on Zoom on July 15, when China’s ambassador to China, Zhang Xiangchen, gave an excellent presentation on the need to preserve and reform the WTO and to improve multilateral cooperation. He explained that China will consider the