International Economic Law and Policy

1. Tiptoeing into the Polycene:[1] Launch of the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade

   On November 7, during the Belém Climate Summit, President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil launched the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT). 

   The IFCCT is a recognition of the need to integrate trade policy and climate policy.  It

2. Guest Post: The Case for Bringing Economic Security Priorities into U.S. Trade Agreements, Part I

   Thanks to Simon for kickstarting a debate on the prospect of bringing economic security provisions into trade agreements, and for allowing me to respond here.

3. Symposium on Tariffs and Trade Wars

   Law professor Csongor István Nagy sends the following:

   Jointly organized by the ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies, the University of Galway’s LLM in International and Comparative Business Law, and the Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies, this hybrid symposium on December 2,

4. Exemplars vs. Precedents in WTO Law

   As most of this blog's readers are aware, there has been controversy over the "permissible interpretation" language in the legal standard of review in AD Agreement Article 17.6(ii).

5. Should Congress Codify Trump's Trade Deals?

   For the purposes of domestic law, the trade deals negotiated by the Trump administration have been concluded as executive agreements, and there is no indication that the administration wants Congress to approve them via statute. Some members of Congress have raised this possibility though.