This is from Professor Marcin Menkes: The Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Szeged, ELKH Center for Social Sciences, are organizing the ESIL-supported conference
on the timely topic: “Russian Aggression on Ukraine from the International Economic Law Perspective“. [...]
From the SIEL: SIEL Conversations: The Outcomes of MC12 and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System 27 June 2022 at 2pm Brussels time Interested in the outcomes of
the World Trade Organization MC12? Please join us next Monday on this SIEL Conversation, with present and former officials, negotiators and observers. [...]
This is a guest post from law professor Bashar Malkawi: This is a guest post from law professor Bashar Malkawi: Throughout much of GATT and then WTO history, consensus
has been the norm. For example, article XXV (3) and (4) call for one vote per nation and decisions to be taken by majority vote, but in practice consensus was developed [...]
BIICL has sent information on two upcoming events: 22nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference: Climate Change: Border Carbon Adjustment Approaches and the WTO (July 15) Why are Border
Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches being considered by an increasing number of countries? What are the factors to be accounted for to design a legitimate BCA in terms [...]
In the ongoing USMCA dispute on United States - Automotive Rules of Origin (USA-MEX-CDA-2022-31-01), in addition to their arguments that the U.S. unilateral interpretation
of the USMCA Rules of Origin provisions for passenger vehicles and light trucks violates USMCA rules, Mexico and Canada have made a non-violation nullification or [...]
At the WITA event I mentioned previously, former USTR official Wendy Cutler spoke with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai about WTO dispute settlement reform. Here was their exchange:
Cutler: [...]
At a WITA event yesterday, former USTR official Wendy Cutler had a conversation with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai about various trade issues. One thing they touched upon was
the enforceability of the IPEF. Here was their exchange: [...]
The Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) is pleased to announce its second annual Junior Faculty Forum to be held in hybrid or virtual format on September 23-24, 2022,
on the sidelines of the American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group Biennial Conference. [...]
A recent review of The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History, a new book by political scientist Eric Helleiner, makes the book sound very interesting. Here's how
the review describes the book: "A sweeping account of the men and women who argued for strategic protectionism and other forms of government economic activism to [...]
This is a post by law professor David Gantz: This is a post by law professor David Gantz: I. Introduction: Economic and Political Motivations The United Kingdom, presumably
frustrated by the reluctance of the Biden administration to conclude the free trade agreement negotiations begun by the Trump administration, or even to seek the [...]
