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A Special Event: Judicial Conference for U.S. Trade Law To be Held on November 18, 2019 in DC

Judicial Conference for U.S. Trade Law To be Held on November 18, 2019 in DC Steve Charnovitz The United States Court of International Trade has just announced the agenda for its 20th Judicial Conference to be held on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. The judicial conference is an

Announcing a new paper on International Expositions Law

I would like to announce the availability of my new research paper on international expositions law. The title of this paper is Steve Charnovitz, "Why the International Exhibitions Bureau Should Choose Minneapolis for Global Expo 2023." The Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) will be making this important decision

Financial University Organizes Conference on Russia and the WTO

On 19-20 May 2015, the Financial University of the Russian Federation held its first international conference on the topic of "WTO Law in the Legal System of the Russian Federation: Problems of Application and Teaching." To my knowledge, this was the first international legal conference held to address

Customs Classification at the CIT and the WTO

Multiple branches of government can be a real pain sometimes. In the ongoing WTO EC - IT Products dispute (DS375, and also DS376 and DS377 brought by Japan and Chinese Taipei), the U.S. (that is, USTR) argued that the EC's reclassification of certain monitors in a way

A Change in Tariff Classification (and Rates) for Solar Panels

From the NY Times: The issue began with a short letter to United States customs officials last December from the small American subsidiary of a Spanish energy company. The subsidiary, GES USA, wanted to know what the tariff would be to import certain solar panels from China. On Jan. 9,