I guess I must be the only lawyer on either side of the Atlantic that missed two pending US countervail cases involving the EU's Emission Trading Scheme. The investigations, involving Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from Italy and Germany, include allegations that the free emission allowances given to

We’re all looking at RCEP now. One really interesting angle is to compare the RCEP text to that of the CPTPP, its competitor. On the one hand, in many areas the text of RCEP is not only similar, but is in fact identical, to that of CPTPP. At the

There has been lots of talk about RCEP these past few days. For Asian trade issues, I always listen closely to what Deborah Elms has to say. She just did an episode of the Trade Talks Podcast on RCEP, and I wanted to highlight three things she said there. First,

The RCEP legal text has just been released. I don't have a sense at this point of how much liberalization is involved in this agreement, but skimming through the various chapters, I found a number of tidbits worth noting. 1. There's an interesting "general review&

The Biden-Harris transition team just posted agency review teams here. They describe these teams as follows: Agency review teams are responsible for understanding the operations of each agency, ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and preparing for President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris and their cabinet to

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

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

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,

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

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