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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…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration and Trade
The Wall Street Journal (May 2) had an interesting article analyzing immigration and trade protectionism, comparing the current situation to that of the 1920s when protectionism and anti-immigrant sentiment reigned. …
Hepatitis Blog
Lesson learned
05/11/2005 Beaver County Times When the North American Free Trade Agreement was being debated in the United States, some supporters played down demands by American labor groups and others that…
ContractsProf Blog
Today in history—February 2
962: Pope John XII crowns 49-year-old Otto I ("the Great") as Holy Roman Emperor, reviving the title after a gap of some 40 years.1509: The Muslim monopoly on Far East…