Assistant Professor in International Economic Law @LSELaw. Member @TaPP_network. Editorial board @trade_review; @monapaulsen BlueSky; she/her. 🇨🇦
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Collating my work on trade security to pin this on Twitter. Check out the readings below! Thanks so much.
But is the EU going to formalise tiered membership? I'm curious to know what the label offers Canada and the EU.
The EU was split today over whether to offer “associate membership” status to Canada, with several countries refusing to sign off on a statement containing that phrase just 48 hours before a summit between the two sides in Montreal.
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Erm... perhaps USTR may seek to offer a standard by which to compare US government investments?
We trade lawyers often rely on the very complex and technical: the pot calling the kettle black.
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Today, Ambassador Greer issued a statement regarding the status of the U.S.-EU deal to pause duties on certain EU imports, following a record-breaking loan from the European Investment Bank to Airbus.
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Fine. Tell the US PM to bring it up in WTO committee. I'm sure the EU will have lots to say about US market volatility and unfair competitive practices.
I'd evaluate the tweet as I would a student essay. Beyond the news, explain your causal inferences. Can USTR unpack the relationship among the variables? What evidence can USTR offer to support a relationship between higher tariffs and these investments? Offset market volatility?
President Trump’s trade and tariff policies are restoring America’s status as a manufacturing powerhouse, creating jobs and bringing production lines back to U.S. soil.
Check out the @WhiteHouse’s tracker highlighting the surge of investments since @POTUS returned to office: whitehouse.gov/investments/
Elders event last night at @LSELaw with interventions from President Zedillo, who gave a measured but scathing review of US trade tactics & Prof Susan Marks, who reminded us how easily int’l law could be a shield for lawlessness, and urged us to stay vigilant with a critical eye.
I suppose the question is whether US officials are nervous about all the Canadian press concerning forthcoming European talks.
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Prime Minister Carney to host Canada-European Union Summit in Montréal to advance an ambitious new Canada-EU partnership: pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
Why has an Alberta referendum made it difficult for USTR to negotiate? Have US mid terms made it impossible for this administration to?
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So 338 is meant to empower the POTUS to impose tariffs after finding evidence of specific disadvantages relative to treatment vis a vis foreign products…not based on exemptions raised by a Senator…unless we’re backtracking investigations?
338 depends on found factual evidence of discrimination of US commerce. But if the US liberalised trade in an FTA have to wonder how such disadvantages hold up. If you negotiated and agreed, that is. Historically, 338 was a tool to press for asymmetrical reciprocity with Canada.
Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans ft.trib.al/ZPLfnGt
So... the anti-coercion instrument?
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When the American Society of International Law IEL group, led by Wolfgang Alschner, asked me to join a group to discuss blogging, my first thought was: Who would spend time on a session about this? Judging by the interest, at least a few people.
We have a number of good questions lined up for discussion. But let me say this. There are some very clear benefits and costs to devoting time to blogging. More than anything, it fuels the current discourse and adds immediate value to those practising the law.
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I remain unclear how this trade tool would operate. ACI on steroids? Without the prevention? What of due process and accountability? What about harm to trusted partners? Persuade partners to align? Subject to international review? Cut off but also rebalance? Thresholds?
I worry that EU leaders imagine there is some magic weapon hidden behind a secret door ready to be unlocked. But there is no easy answer to Europe's economic competitiveness. And the politics cannot get behind the right policies until that reality sinks in.
New: EU leaders to ‘urgently’ call for new trade weapons to tackle China shock
Leaders of EU’s 27 member states will instruct Brussels to “urgently” come up with new weapons to counter imbalances caused by China’s economic policies, at a summit tomorrow
scmp.com/news/china/article/…
A safeguard, as compliant with WTO rules, would only come after the appropriate investigation of impact on a domestic industry, not as a negotiated outcome.
So this is better understood as mutually settled trade management.
And by the way, there are WTO conditions for a selective safeguard, including a commitment to consider what is equitable to all suppliers, eg. UK, Japan, and Korea.
Yes. It resembles the US push for use of non-violation complaints and rebalancing of security measures. Bypass some of the formal stickiness of compliance to make a woolly compromise that suits present politics.