WTO Disputes

Some in Canada hope that an international declaration on ethical seal hunting will solve the seal products dispute: In an effort to challenge the European Union’s trade ban on Canadian seal products, a Quebec senator is proposing that provinces and countries involved in the seal hunt sign on to

From Reuters: Vietnam has launched its first dispute at the World Trade Organisation with a case against U.S. anti-dumping measures on its key exports of shrimp. The communist state only joined the global trade arbiter three years ago, and its economy like China's has benefited strongly from

It's hard to know what to make of a WTO panel decision like today's U.S. - AD Measures on Carrier Bags report.  In a nutshell, Thailand alleged that the U.S. used "zeroing" in the anti-dumping proceeding at issue, in violation of the

Sometimes I think that being involved in an alcohol tax discrimination dispute is kind of like a rite of passage for WTO Members.  The latest one is the first complaint of 2010: United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that the United States has requested World Trade Organization (WTO)

Here is an ASIL Insight I did on the Seal Products dispute, previewing the legal issues.  (Keep in mind that I only had 2,000 words, so it's a fairly brief preview!)  An excerpt: One might expect that core WTO principles, such as non-discrimination and necessity, would have

WTO litigation is not all about legal arguments: The [Canadian] federal government is opening a new front in its decades-old clash with anti-sealing groups, shifting the battlefield from ice floes to the Internet. Concerned that seal protests timed for the Vancouver Winter Olympics may further bloody the country's

The new Tuna-Dolphin WTO dispute could be trouble for the system, which is bad, but will have some very interesting legal issues, which is good (or fun to follow, anyway).  Among other things, there will be issues related to: (1) choice of forum as between NAFTA and the WTO; (2)

European consumers: Banana prices are set to fall after the longest trade dispute in EU history was settled in Geneva today. Latin American exporters: The change means banana prices in the EU will drop 11 percent while Latin American producers will see exports climb, said Giovanni Anania, a professor at