Topic
Trade
310 published works
Don't Mess With Taxes
Tariffs bad for businesses & consumers, good for food banks
Tariffs bad for businesses & consumers, good for food banks Monday, June 10, 2019 Checking out food bank offerings. (Photo by Michael Losch-KOMUnews via Flickr CC) All of us here…
Global Supply Chain Law Blog
Cross-post from the Trade Practitioner Blog: President Trump: “When It Comes to Leverage, Tariffs Are King” – What You Need to Know
Since taking office in January 2017, President Trump has made use of several provisions of US law – including Section 301, targeting unfair trade practices, and Section 232, targeting threats to national…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
U.S. Agrees to Lift Section 232 Duties on Steel and Aluminum from Canada and Mexico
On Friday, May 17th, the Trump Administration announced that it has reached a deal with Canada and Mexico to eliminate national security-focused Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum (at…
International Trade Insights
April Trade Law Update: Presidential Actions
By Nithya Nagarajan, Cortney Morgan, Turner Kim
USTR Proposes Products for Tariff Countermeasures in Response to Harm Caused by EU Aircraft Subsidies On April 8, 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) found that the European Union subsidies…
Food Safety News
WTO director general outlines importance of food safety in trade
Editor's note: Joe Whitworth attended the forum earlier this week for Food Safety News and will be posting his coverage in the coming days. As nations sell more and more…
China Law Blog
Huawei CFO Uses Apple Products: No Surprise
By Dan Harris
When Huawei's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was picked up by Canadian police on allegations of breaching US sanctions against Iran she was carrying an iPhone, a MacBook Air, and an iPad…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Third Wave of Section 301 Tariff Increases Officially Delayed
By Joshua Morey
On March 5, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) published a notice in the Federal Register officially postponing the date on which the rate of Section…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
France, Germany and UK launch INSTEX to facilitate European trade with Iran
By David Harris (UK), Alexander Cappel
In a joint statement on 31 January 2019, France, Germany and the UK (together, E3) announced the creation of a payment channel SPV (Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges, INSTEX) to…
International Law Prof Blog
Reminder: The Journal “Trade, Law, and Development” Seeks Submissions on Trade Facilitation
Trade, Law and DevelopmentCALL FOR SUBMISSIONSSpecial Issue on Trade FacilitationFounded in 2009, the philosophy of Trade, Law and Development has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate…
The Right Coast
Terence Corcoran: China s most dangerous export is anti-market ideology. And we re buying it | Financial Post
The possibility that China has created a new economic model with global potential dominated a recent series of commentaries in The Economist: Is China s growth model a threat to…