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For everyone who has been waiting so patiently for it, the USMCA panel report in the Mexico - GE Corn case is now out: ustr.gov/sites/default/… The Panel found a number of violations, and also found that these violations were not justified under the exceptions.

Bremmer-Sullivan exit interview is worthwhile. I dwelled on tone deafness of US allies. Practice diverts from theory if you examine the EU ramp-up ACI to counter US coercion; costs to other open markets of US industrial policies; the increased closure of US markets to ROW firms.

Smart take here from Simon Lester on Sullivan's legacy. Share his critique of Sullivan as to how he promotes ideas as norms: "foreign policy middle class" or "dangerous dependencies" without defining them, setting their scope, or clarifying what concepts they relate to (or replace).

As I’m about to go my first class of jurisprudence for this semester a student brought me this! It will be a fun year!

In the waning days of the Biden administration, I took one of my last opportunities to comment on U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai's trade policy thoughts (also, I tried to lure her into posting on the IELP blog -- we'll see if she takes me up on it!).

Some business groups were concerned about USTR renegotiating investment protection provisions. USTR just released an FTC Decision under the US-Colombia TPA, and if this is all USTR was doing, it doesn't look like a big change to me. ustr.gov/about-us/polic…

To make sure my IELP blog following never gets too big, I try to do occasional posts on obscure topics such as "optimal tariffs" to scare off the general public: "The Optimal Tariff Argument at the Scott Bessent Hearing" ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2025/01/the-op…

One common trade policy misconception is that we had anything close to free trade with China. Yes, China joined the WTO, but loads of tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and subsidies remained in place.

In ‘Good Will Hunting at the WTO: Is Plurilateralism Supporting or Undermining Multilateral Trade Governance’ (2025) 156–188 (part of JWIT’s Special Issue on Plurilateralism), Maria Panezi analyse various plurilateral initiatives. Read more: shorturl.at/CTykf

How Tariffs Work: Consider the Avocado on.cfr.org/40S3kl8 via Council on Foreign Relations

What Trump’s Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Will Mean, in Six Charts on.cfr.org/412wmPn via Council on Foreign Relations

Today presenting a new essay in draft "Rebranding the @WTO" at Georgetown Law workshop. Develops my remarks at high-level panel 2024 Public Forum. Javier A Gutiérrez Johanna Hill Anabel Gonzalez Inu Manak Antonia Eliason Joanna Langille Mona Paulsen IILJ MegaReg Kathleen Claussen

Opening #JIEL Issue 27(4), Special Editors Tsilly Dagan & Alice Pirlot introduce the feature on #RemakingGlobalTax and examine the decentralized regime of #internationaltaxlaw. #globaltaxgovernance #taxreform academic.oup.com/jiel/article/2…

Special editors Joel Trachtman, Jan Yves Remy and Dan Esty introduce the feature on #RemakingTradingSystem, developed from research conducted for the Villars Framework 2.0 report on #internationaltrade reform and #sustainabledevelopment academic.oup.com/jiel/article-a…

Today is obviously a big day for trade disputes, but while we are waiting for news, WorldTradeLaw.net subscribers can check out what happened with trade disputes last month.

From an amicus brief in one of the IEEPA cases: "[IEEPA] is silent on tariffs, and for good reason. It was never meant, and has never been understood, to authorize the President to impose them. Still less does it permit the Executive to restructure the nation’s trade regime."

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Lean into the history, & inevitably, we can learn about where to go. History highlights the limitations of existing rules in the current context; nevertheless, there remains a thread that connects us to today, helping us better implement procedures & imagine new rules (new paper)

Delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the 2025 Journal of International Economic Law Junior Faculty Forum has now launched! ✍️ All junior scholars in international economic law (and related disciplines) are invited to submit their abstracts for consideration. Details here: ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2025/06/jiel-j…