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The Solution to the DG Crisis Comes from the AB

According to Reuters, the simple decision of appointing one of the DDGs as the Acting DG has run into impasse due to the insistence of the US to appoint Alan Wolff instead of Karl Brauner as most Members prefer. While seemingly surprising, I think this is the natural consequence of

Biden Responds to Steelworkers on Trade

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has responded to questions from the United Steelworkers here. There were some interesting questions and answers on trade. The whole exchange is below, but here are a few highlights: -- It seems pretty clear that ISDS will not be in future Biden trade agreements. -- He finessed the

The USCIT's Transpacific Decision

Gary Hufbauer and I comment on the recent landmark decision in the US Court of International Trade voiding President Trump's tariff action against Turkish steel: https://voxeu.org/content/landmark-court-decision-limits-presidential-trade-restrictions

Distorted Input Prices - Still in the Dark

A new panel report is out that addresses yet again the question of whether, and if so when, a Member can disregard “distorted” costs in determining normal value (and replace them with higher “undistorted” costs). EU-Cost Adjustment Methodologies, DS494. This issue has now been taken up in four WTO

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

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