International Trade Law Norms and the Ethics of Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Steve Charnovitz 21 September 2020 One of the enduring contributions of international trade law is the idea that developing countries, especially the least developed countries, should receive affirmative action from the trading system.  According to the WTO Secretariat,

If you are not webinar'd out at this point, and if you can remember the USMCA, which seems like ages ago, here are the details on a Webinar I'll be participating in this Thursday with the Baker Institute at Rice University: At this webinar — the second

The outcome of the Panel decision in the case of Section 301 Tariffs against China (DS543) is unsurprising - few would have expected that the United States could successfully invoke the public moral exception under GATT XX(a) to justify its Section 301 tariffs. But the Panel Report does contain some

The panel report in United States - Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China (DS543) was circulated today. There are some big picture issues related to the dispute (e.g., will the U.S. appeal it into the void?), but I want to focus on an obscure interpretive point related to

Back in May, UNCITRAL published a Note by the Secretariat on "Resources to implement the work programme with respect to investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform." I was surprised to read this part: 24. Under the current pattern of meetings, Working Group III meets twice a year for

Someone asked him that question at a recent event and here's what he said (starts around 45:30) Q: “Are you a protectionist?” A: “Well, you see, that’s interesting. So, what actually does that mean? That’s why when I started out I sort of said, and

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: