Last month, while the 30th anniversary of the WTO was being feted at headquarters in Geneva, Representative Tom Tiffany introduced a resolution in the US Congress that America should leave the Organization.| TradeTakes
and what the Trump Administration has to do not to blow it...| TradeTakes
Will the tariffs change the lives of folks whose existence depends on constantly buying brand new stuff?| TradeTakes
Trump sees Netanyahu as a loser and could seize the opportunity to try to reshape the region| TradeTakes
There are whispers in dark corners that Biden may try to derail the transition by starting a full-scale war with Iran in his last days as President.| TradeTakes
Trump's idea is far from simply crazy or insulting| TradeTakes
Elon Musk says he wants to make the US government more efficient.| TradeTakes
USTR Katherine Tai at the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting| TradeTakes
In an iconic scene from the classic film “The Graduate”, Mr.| TradeTakes
Earlier this month the proposals resulting from informal talks on dispute settlement reform were released to WTO Members in the form of a lengthy document, framed as a (draft) Ministerial Decision.| TradeTakes
In a recent TradeTakes post I argued that it is time, as India and South Africa insist, to do away with the the moratorium on tariffs on e-commerce that was decided by WTO Members in 1998.| TradeTakes
Showdown at MC-13| TradeTakes
It is time for WTO Members to stop tying their hands on rational fiscal policy for e-commerce| TradeTakes
Accommodating American Exceptionalism| TradeTakes
Yesterday USTR unveiled the long-awaited US-Taiwan trade agreement.| TradeTakes
DDG Anabel Gonzalez acknowledges the case for new or more (or maybe any) rule-based disciplines on subsidies is not "black and white."| TradeTakes
(How the WTO has an uncanny knack for worsening its legitimacy woes)| TradeTakes
In a recent interview on Amanpour and Company, USTR Katherine Tai was asked pointblank why the Biden Administration has decided against pursuing new free trade agreements with friends and allies as a way of securing resilient supply chains.| tradetakes.substack.com
UPDATE (FEB 29): THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE STATEMENT REPRODUCED BELOW IS FROM INDIA ALONE (WITHOUT SOUTH AFRICA).| tradetakes.substack.com