International Economic Law and Policy

1. Call for Submissions: Trade, Law and Development

   This is from the editors of the Trade, Lawand Developmentjournal:

   The Board of Editors of TL&D is pleased to invite original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the General Issue of the Journal (Vol. XVII, No. 2) in the form of ‘Articles’, ‘Notes’

2. Katherine Tai on WTO Dispute Settlement Reform

   Back in November, former U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai spoke on a panel at Harvard (I just stumbled on the video recently). Towards the end, she responded as follows to a question about the Appellate Body appointments crisis (1:08:32 of the video):

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3. Essays in Honour of Valerie Hughes: Appellate Review, WTO Secretariat Handling FTA Disputes, and Much More

   Nicolas Lamp recently put together a book honoring the great Valerie Hughes: "Reckoning and Renewal: The World Trade Organization and Its Dispute Settlement System at 30, Essays in Honour of Valerie Hughes."

4. Some Interesting Provisions in the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement DS Chapter

   We appear to be moving closer to a completed EU-Mercosur trade agreement, with the European Council announcing last week that it had "adopted two decisions authorising the signature of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and of the Interim Trade Agreement (iTA) between the EU and

5. 2025 Had the Most WTO Complaints Since 2019

   Despite the ongoing crisis with the WTO Appellate Body, which has been only partially solved by the creation of the MPIA, 2025 saw a bit of an increase in the filing of requests for consultations under the DSU.