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Carolyn Deere on the WTO DG Non-Race

January 06, 2009 18:19

It is being reported that Pascal Lamy is the only candidate for DG. Carolyn Deere comments: This year, with only one nominee at hand, WTO Members must nonetheless ensure that there is vigorous debate on the challenges facing the organization...It is being reported that Pascal Lamy is the only...

Accession Protocol Commitments

January 05, 2009 23:45

Henry recently mentioned the issue of paragraph 15 of China's protocol of accession. Here's the text (link is to a Word document): 15. Price Comparability in Determining Subsidies and Dumping Article VI of the GATT 1994, the Agreement on Implementation...Henry recently mentioned the issue of...

Market Access for Safe Toys

January 05, 2009 02:08

Whenever I am talking with someone about the purpose of the WTO (or trade agreements generally), I like to draw the distinction between discrminatory trade barriers and non-discriminatory trade barriers, with the point being that we may want to treat...Whenever I am talking with someone about the...

Market Access for Safe Toys

January 05, 2009 00:59

Whenever I am talking with someone about the purpose of the WTO (or trade agreements generally), I like to draw the distinction between discrminatory trade barriers and non-discriminatory trade barriers, with the point being that we may want to treat...Whenever I am talking with someone about the...

Krugman on Reducing the Trade Deficit

January 03, 2009 22:53

Paul Krugman writes: A more plausible route to sustained recovery would be a drastic reduction in the U.S. trade deficit, which soared at the same time the housing bubble was inflating. By selling more to other countries and spending more...Paul Krugman writes: A more plausible route to sustained...

Gilston on Trade

January 03, 2009 20:34

I'm not sure I know how to link to this properly, but Sam Gilston of the Washington Tariff & Trade Letter was on C-Span's Washington Journal talking U.S. trade policy. He comes on at about 2:07:30 of the program, so...I'm not sure I know how to link to this properly, but Sam Gilston of the...

Gilston on Trade

January 03, 2009 20:33

I'm not sure I know how to link to this properly, but Sam Gilston of the Washington Tariff & Trade Letter was on C-Span's Washington Journal talking U.S. trade policy. He comes on at about 2:07:30 of the program, so...I'm not sure I know how to link to this properly, but Sam Gilston of the...

Blog Comments

January 02, 2009 09:48

Typepad has come up with some improved commenting features. One of these is threaded discussions, which is something we've wanted for a long time. It's just a beta version, so it may have some bugs in it, but I installed...Typepad has come up with some improved commenting features.  One of...

An Anti-Dumping Case on Toilet Paper

January 01, 2009 17:29

An opportunity for some good puns, as you can probably imagine, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.An opportunity for some good puns, as you can probably imagine, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.

An Anti-Dumping Case on Toilet Paper

January 01, 2009 17:29

An opportunity for some good puns, as you can probably imagine, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.An opportunity for some good puns, as you can probably imagine, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.