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Subsidies and other barriers to trade in the biofuel sector

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Global, USA
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  • January 8 2008

Biofuels (ie, ethanol and biodiesel) are a substitute for traditional fossil fuels and are viewed as a means of reducing carbon emissions and thereby contributing to the fight against climate change

WTO trade talks reach crucial point, but fate of insurance and other services unclear

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • March 17 2008

Global negotiations to liberalize trade are accelerating at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, as its 150 member countries try to reach a deal to reduce agriculture subsidies and tariffs on manufactured goods

Doha talks continue to go round in circles

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global, USA
  • -
  • October 31 2007

Despite attempts, on 25 September 2007, by world leaders to signal that a long-awaited global trade deal could soon be attainable, the Doha Round trade talks seem no closer to progressing past years of deadlock and discord

Brazil cotton important WTO decision makes trade retaliation operational

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Brazil, Global, USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

In an arbitration panel decision handed down on 31 August 2009, the World Trade Organization (WTO) clarified how and to what extent the industries of a WTO Member government may be targeted for countermeasures when the government has provided WTO-illegal subsidies

WTO establishes panel to investigate COOL requirements

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
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  • December 4 2009

On November 19, 2009, the WTO dispute settlement body (DSB) granted Canada’s second request to establish a panel to determine whether US country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules comply with international trade obligations

Tribunal places heavy burden on proving standard of fair and equitable treatment under NAFTA

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • October 5 2009

An UNCITRAL tribunal dismissed claims of expropriation and breach of fair and equitable treatment (FET) protection under NAFTA

How a U.S. climate change bill could lead to trouble at the WTO

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • March 26 2009

As if legal efforts to address climate change weren’t complicated enough, a recently released study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics warns that U.S. Congressional efforts to reduce climate change could run afoul of international trade rules under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), leading to years of legal disputes in the World Trade Organization

The future of international trade cooperation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Global, USA
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  • April 9 2009

The entire world seems euphoric at the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and many hope that he will facilitate renewed global collaboration and end recent trends towards U.S. isolationism

WTO establishes dispute panel on China’s complaint against US tire safeguards

  • White & Case LLP
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  • China, Global, USA
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  • February 2 2010

On January 20, 2010, the WTO accepted a request from China for the establishment of a WTO dispute panel to determine whether the United States violated international trade rules by imposing China-specific safeguard tariffs on imports of Chinese passenger vehicle and light truck tires

WTO director-general appoints panelists to rule on Mexico’s challenge against US tuna labeling

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Global, Mexico, USA
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  • February 2 2010

On December 15, 2009, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy announced his appointment of three panelists to consider a complaint that Mexico filed against the United States challenging its dolphin-safe labeling requirements for tuna