Steve Charnovitz 12 April 2020 According to the Wall Street Journal, the government of China is now providing "a 9% rebate on the export of animal products, such as edible snakes and turtles, primate meat, beaver and civet musk, and rhino horns, despite banning their domestic trade."  A

Last week, President Trump issued a "Memorandum on Allocating Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources to Domestic Use," which including the following passage: On March 25, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services designated under section 102 of the Act 15 categories of health and

New US Domestic Content Requirement for COVID-19 State Aids Steve Charnovitz While I was pleased to see the G20 Statement on 30 March 2020 that governments should avoid "unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade," I also note that the Statement does not mention the word "

“Free trade saves lives” is what I was recently reading on Twitter. And, yes, trading masks or ventilators in times of coronavirus can do exactly that. Plenty of trade commentators (here and here) have lamented the export restrictions recently imposed on medical gear, which may do the opposite. Jennifer Hillman

As Simon noted in an earlier post, application requests for the USMCA dispute settlement rosters were recently published by USTR. Canada is undertaking a similar process. This is from the Trade Law Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada: Seeking Expression of Interest At this time, the Government of

From the UK Department for International Trade: Appointments to ICSID panels: call for expressions of interest ... Expressions of interest should clearly set out the applicant’s motivation and detail how they satisfy required experience and attributes, including the core ICSID criteria set out in Article 14(1) of the ICSID

This is from the PEPA/SIEL Conference Conference Chairs: Dear colleagues, It is now clear that due to the ongoing global Coronavirus crisis, we will be unable to hold the 9th PEPA/SIEL conference as planned for May 2020 in Jerusalem. This is of course highly disappointing to all involved

USTR has published the following notice regarding an invitation for applications to be on the rosters for Chapter 31 state-state dispute panels and for the new rapid response labor panels: Invitation for Applications for Inclusion on the Dispute Settlement Rosters for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ... USTR is

This is a guest post from Jingyuan "Joey" Zhou, Professor of Practice at University of Arizona Law School The COVID-19 has become a pandemic and more and more governments worldwide are struggling to contain the virus so as to protect their citizens.  Commentators have inter alia recommended