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Trade Law and the Coordination of Security-Based Trade Measures

Hassan Ahmed | NATO Association of Canada | 05/31/2026

For much of the postwar period, international trade law treated national security as a necessary anomaly. The rules-based trading system, established through the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade…

Are Trump’s “Fallback” Tariffs Legal?

Peter Harrell | The Lawfare Institute | 02/25/2026

The Supreme Court last week issued a conclusive ruling against Pres...

When Will We Get the Tariffs Ruling?

Amy Howe | SCOTUS Blog | 01/29/2026

On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenges to President Donald Tr...

Tariffs, IEEPA, and the Dog That Didn’t Bark

Grant Aldonas | 11/02/2025

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in V.O.S. Selections, Inc., et al. ...

What President Trump’s “Reciprocal” Tariffs Mean for International (Trade) Law

Nicolas Lamp | EJIL:Talk! | 04/30/2025

When US President Donald Trump announc...

Another Thing Spiking in America in 2022: Harm to the WTO

John Magnus | TradeWins LLC | 09/22/2022

Friends of the World Trade Organization (WTO) experienced some ...

This (Steel) Deal Is Getting Worse All the Time

Scott Lincicome | CATO Institute | 02/08/2022

Yesterday, the Biden administration announced an agreement with Jap...

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