New WTO HQ
The WTO laid the cornerstone of its new headquarters building in Geneva today. Alan Beattie isn’t so impressed: “WTO needs a bigger headquarters to host larger stalemates in”.
View ArticleDoes the DSM need support from ongoing negotiations?
Jeff Schott worries that the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism may be less effective if the dismal prospects for future negotiations cause dispute panels to expand their coverage: Of course, WTO...
View ArticlePakistan grants India MFN status
Pakistan has granted MFN status to India (with a list of excepted products). This accelerates liberalization between the two countries that had made some progress with the South Asian FTA (SAFTA)....
View ArticleWTO: WTR 2012 discussion forum
The WTO’s World Trade Report 2012 will focus on non-tariff barriers. Of course, NTBs are nothing new, but they’re more relevant in a low-tariff world. Their relative opaqueness makes them more...
View ArticleUS abandons zeroing (for now?)
I’m seeing a lot of news about the US federal government dropping its practice of zeroing in calculating antidumping duties. The WTO news item is uninformative. I don’t have time this week to follow...
View ArticleWTO “young economist” entries due June 1
Are you a young trade economist? Want Avinash Dixit, Robert Staiger, and Alberto Trejos to read your paper on trade policy and international trade co-operation? Entries for the WTO’s 2012 Essay Award...
View ArticleQuick links
My blogging has taken a back seat to my research recently. Here are some quick links that I wish I had more time to discuss: Gary Hufbauer & Jeff Schott: Will the WTO enjoy a bright future? (pdf)...
View ArticleWhat the WTO’s “Made in the World” isn’t
The WTO’s “Made in the World” initiative is a data exercise aimed at measuring and analyzing value-added trade flows. Michele Nash-Hoff, a US manufacturing advocate, misrepresents this statistical...
View ArticleTrade at VoxEU
Some recent VoxEU columns: In Belgian firm-level data, a smaller percentage of services-producing firms export than goods-producing firms. Exporting entry and exit rates are higher in services than...
View ArticleColombia’s port-of-entry restrictions on textile imports
Here’s an unusual non-tariff barrier from a 2006 WTO complaint brought by Panama (mentioned in Eaton, Jinkins, Tybout, Xu): Second, Panama considers that, through three specific resolutions, Colombia...
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