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ImmigrationProf Blog
Globalization and the Midwest Conference
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 PUBLIC CONFERENCE: Globalization and the MidwestGlobalization is testing the Midwest’s productivity and resilience. Midwestern states have always been linked to international markets, but globalization today is…
International Law Prof Blog
WTO: Public Able to View First Meeting in Apples Dispute from New Zealand
The World Trade Organization just announced that at the request of the parties in the dispute between Australia and New Zealand on apples imported from New Zealand (WT/DS367), the…
International Law Prof Blog
Doha Round – I’m Not Dead Yet!
News from the WTO. Director-General Pascal Lamy reported to the General Council on today that the Trade Negotiations Committee had heard “multiple strong calls for preserving the package that had…
The Trademark Blog
“Dodgy Trade”
The Economist: "The Booming Trade in Fake Viagra, and Other Counterfeit Goods:
International Law Prof Blog
Ukraine Joins WTO
Ukraine became the 152nd member of the World Trade Organization, completing a accession negotiations that began 15 years ago. Read more about it from the WTO. Ukraine is the second…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The Candidates’ Economists on Trade
Over at Eyes on Trade, Holly Shulman has a great post about a conference in which several of the Presidential candidates' economic advisers talked about their views on economic issues.…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
From Last Night’s Republican Debate
Some trade questions from last night's Republican Presidential debate: On agriculture subsidies:Ted Faturos: Hi, I'm Ted Faturos from Manhattan Beach, California. Mmmmmm, nothing says delicious like cheap corn subsidized by…
Marler Blog
“Tit for Tat” or Equivalent Retaliation
In not a very surprising development, AP reports that China Halts Imports On U.S. Meats citing Safety Concerns, Chinese Officials Reject Meat From Several U.S. Processors China has suspended imports…
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Lamy and Environment: What “Major Break”?
In a recent previous post, Joel Trachtman suggests that the recent speech by Pascal Lamy constitutes a "major break" in the trade-environment debate at the WTO. Frankly, I see nothing…
E. coli Blog
Mexican ban on US lettuce ends
The Mexican government has said it will lift its weeks-old ban on lettuce imports from California. The decision comes after the US Department of Agriculture reported that its tests on…