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Ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the President’s Authority Under IEEPA to Impose Tariffs

08/29/2025

How Donald Trump Should have Tackled the US Trade Deficit

08/19/2025

US Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal with China

08/18/2025

Reflections on the Angels on the Head of Jamieson Greer’s Pin

08/12/2025

Taxation Without Representation: How Trump’s Tariff Policy Undermines Democracy And International Legal Norms

08/04/2025

Trump, Tariffs & Trade Wars

08/04/2025

A Progressive Industrial Policy for the Global South: A Latin American Perspective

07/28/2025

An Alliance For Open Trade: How To Counter Trump’s Tariffs

07/27/2025

Tariffs, Trade Tensions and Climate Policy: The New Frontier of Green Trade Measures

07/26/2025

Which Country Should Design U.S. Industrial Policy?

07/16/2025

Blogs

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The Ottawa Group’s November 23 Communication and Draft Elements of a “Trade and Health” Initiative

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 11/27/2020

On Monday, Novemer 23, Canada hosted a virtual meeting of the Ottawa Group on WTO reform. The Group includes Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Union, Japan, Kenya, Republic of…

Australia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
COVID-19
EU
G20
G20 countries
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Ottawa Group
Singapore
Switzerland
Tariffs
Technology
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
WTO Reform

U.S. Trade Policy After Trump: Some Preliminary Thoughts

Simon Lester | International Economic Law and Policy | 11/08/2020

The past few days have been quite an e...

Bilateral Trade
Tariffs
Trade Policy
U.S. Policy
WTO

Tariffs Didn’t Fuel Revival for American Steel

Bob Tita and William Mauldin | Wall Street Journal | 10/28/2020

With the expanded production, about 6,000 jobs we...

Coronavirus
COVID-19
Tariff War
Tariffs
United States

WTO Dispute Setttlement Body Meeting of October 26, 2020 — No Movement on Appellate Body Impasse; U.S. Appeals Panel Report on Its Imposition of Tariffs on Chinese Goods

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 10/27/2020

China
Dispute Settlement
Dispute Settlement Body
EU
Tariffs
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
Trade Policy
United States
WTO

Reform at the WTO — Fundamental Divisions Continue on Key Issues for U.S.

Terence P. Stewart | Current Thoughts on Trade | 10/18/2020

At the recent Informal Tra...

Apellate Body
Brazil
China
EU
Japan
Next WTO-Director-General
Tariffs
Terry Stewart Thoughts on Trade
Trade Policy
United States
World Trade Organization
WTO
WTO Members
WTO Reform

EU Has No Legal Basis to Impose Aircraft Tariffs; WTO Award Relates Only to Now-Repealed Tax Break, Rejects EU Request on Other Measures

USTR | 10/13/2020

Washing...

EU
Europe
European Union
Export
Fair Trade
Free Trade
Global Markets
Imports
International Trade
Protectionism
Tariffs
Trade Tensions with EU
U.S-EU Relations
USTR
WTO

Why Trump Lost His Battle Against the Trade Deficit

Doug Palmer | Politico | 10/06/2020

As President Donald Trump enters the final month of his reelection campai...

Bilateral Trade
Phase One
Tariffs
Trade Deficit
Trade Policy
Trump
U.S. Policy
United States
USMCA
USTR

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